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Mint: Mint of Greece Value: €100 Alloy: Au 999 (Gold) Quantity: 28,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 3 November 2003 Diameter: 25 mm (0.98 in) Weight: 10 g (0.35 oz; 0.32 ozt) Issue price: €440. Market value: €398 [8] The Zappeion, which is the subject of the fourth gold coin of the series, is related to the first Modern Olympic Games in Athens ...
The two coins minted in 1990 celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Italian invasion in Greece in World War II. The 28th of October is celebrated every year as a national holiday in Greece. 1,000 drachmas, silver, soldiers with horse, 28 October 1940; 20,000 drachmas, gold, soldiers with horse, 28 October 1940
Lamaque mine, located in Val-d’Or, Quebec, Canada, is an underground gold mine that reached commercial production on March 31, 2019. [22] Olympias mine, located in the Chalkidiki region of Greece, is an underground gold-silver-lead-zinc mine that ships ore concentrates from port facilities in Thessaloniki and Stratoni for processing elsewhere ...
Greece's "shadow economy" was estimated at 24.3% of GDP in 2012, compared with 28.6% for Estonia, 26.5% for Latvia, 21.6% for Italy, 17.1% for Belgium, 14.7% for Sweden, 13.7% for Finland, and 13.5% for Germany, and is certainly related to the fact that the percentage of Greeks that are self-employed is more than double the EU average (2013 est.).
When Greece finally achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1828, the phoenix was introduced as the monetary unit; its use was short-lived, however, and in 1832 the phoenix was replaced by the drachma, adorned with the image of King Otto of Greece, who reigned as modern Greece's first king from 1832 to 1862. The drachma was divided ...
The archaeological finds kept coming for a team of 50 researchers on the Greek island of Evia. But the kicker may have been locating 2,700-year-old altars full of precious jewels and historical ...
Greece got permission from the European Union to re-activate a seven-day tourist visa for Turkish visitors for 10 islands close to the Turkish coast. Both countries want to show they are willing ...
The Bank of Greece was established by Law 3424/7 December 1927, under the conditions of the stabilization loan coordinated by the Economic and Financial Organization of the League of Nations, [5] and its operations started officially in 1928. The shares of the Bank of Greece are registered and have been listed on the Athens Exchange since June ...