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6 Euros Antonis Samarakis
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 6 Euros |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylized open book in high relief, its pages decorated with intricate floral and organic motifs rendered in a distinctive artistic style. A small floral ornament appears above the book, accompanied by the date 2023. Surrounding the central device, the peripheral legend running continuously around the coin lists the titles of Samarakis's major literary works in Greek. The denomination 6 ΕΥΡΩ appears prominently at the bottom of the field. |
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| Reverse description | Three-quarter bust portrait of Greek author Antonis Samarakis facing left, depicted seated and holding a pen as if in the act of writing, rendered in finely detailed relief against a mirror-polished field. To the left of the portrait, the Greek coat of arms — a white cross on blue shield within a laurel wreath — appears alongside the circular legend ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ. The author's name ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣ ΣΑΜΑΡΑΚΗΣ is inscribed in bold Greek letters along the upper arc, with his birth and death years 1919–2003 at upper right. The engraver's mark is visible at lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣ ΣΑΜΑΡΑΚΗΣ 1919-2003 ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ (Translation: Antonis Samarakis 1919-2003 Hellenic Republic) |
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