10 Euros Nikos Kazantzakis

Reverse

Relief effigy of the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis.

Script: Greek

Lettering: NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS YEAR 2007 ΕΤΟΣ ΝΙΚΟΥ ΚΑΖΑΝΤΖΑΚΗ

Engraver: Geórgios Stamatópoulos

Edge

Smooth with ten indentations ("Spanish flower")

Comment

Nikos Kazantzakis (1885–1957) is a Greek author and translator whose best-known work is the novel Zorba the Greek. He was born in Heraklion, Crete (Kriti), and educated at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he received his law degree. After graduating he went to the French Third Republic, where he studied philosophy under Henri Bergson. Also well known is his novel 'The Greek Passion', about the reenactment of a passion play in a Greek village. This excellent author is the main motif of this commemorative coin and his portrait is shown in the obverse of it.
The coin is issued in BU quality in triptych blister set along with eight (8) Greek euro coins (€2, €1, €0.50, €0.20, €0.10, €0.05, €0.02, €0.01), minted in 2007 also in BU quality.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2007	5000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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