10 Euros 1864 Ionian Islands

Reverse

Map of the Ionian Islands next to the portrait of Ioánnis Kapodístrias.

Script: Greek

Lettering: 1864 2021 ΕΠΤΑΝΗΣΑ

Translation: Eptanisa

Designer: Geórgios Stamatópoulos

Edge

Reeded

Comment

The unification of the Ionian Islands (known also as the Heptanese) with Greece marked a first expansion of its borders, some thirty years after independence. After nearly six centuries of Venetian rule, the Ionian Islands fell successively under French, Russo-Turkish (as the “Septinsular Republic”) and finally British control (as the “United States of the Ionian Islands”). The Heptanesians played an important part in the Greeks’ struggle for independence, defying initial opposition from Great Britain. The Ionian Islands were eventually ceded to Greece by Great Britain in 1864 on the occasion of the accession of King George I to the Greek throne. Portrayed on the coin is Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776-1831), from Corfu. After a brilliant diplomatic career on the European stage, Kapodistrias became Governor of newly liberated Greece and led the first major institution-building effort with a view to creating a modern state, subject "EΠTANHΣA" (Ionian Islands), the date of event "1864".

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Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2021	4000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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