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5000 Drachmai PanEuropean Games
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Diameter | 24 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ 5000 1982 (Translation: HELLENIC REPUBLIC DRACHMAE 5000 1982) |
| Reverse description | A three-quarter facing portrait bust of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games, is rendered in high relief at centre, depicting him in period dress with a prominent moustache. To the lower right of the bust appears the stylised emblem of the European Athletic Association. The curved legend XIII ΠΑΝΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟΙ ΑΓΩΝΕΣ ΣΤΙΒΟΥ ΑΘΗΝΑ 1982 (XIII Pan-European Track and Field Games Athens 1982) arcs along the upper periphery, while the name PIERRE DE COUBERTIN is inscribed in Latin characters below the portrait. At the base, the Greek motto ΡΗΤΟΙ Τ'ΑΡΡΗΤΟΙΤΕ is engraved across the lower field. |
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Greece hosted the 1982 PanEuropean Games in Athens, and this commemorative was authorized as part of a broader state push to reassert Greek cultural primacy over the Games' origins — a politically charged move during a period when the newly elected PASOK government under Andreas Papandreou was aggressively redefining Greece's national identity in relation to European institutions. Gold commemoratives of this type were struck in limited numbers primarily for collector sale, seeing essentially no circulation.