Description:
Obverse
The portrait in left profile of Solon (ca. 638 – 558 BC), a famous Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and Lyric poet, is accompanied with a legend which indicates his name in Greek: "ΣΟΛΩΝ"
Reverse
The facial value according to the new spelling ("50 ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ"), above the sea, is surrounded with the inscription "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ" (Hellenic Republic)
Related Coins
1 Lepton - Ioannis Kapodistrias
Country: Greece / Denomination: 1 Lepton
(0.01)
Year: 1831 / Material: Copper
2500 Drachmai (Pan-European Games)
Country: Greece / Denomination: 2500 Drachmai
(2500 GRD)
Year: 1982 / Material: Gold (.900)
2500 Drachmai (Pan-European Games - Spyros Louis)
Country: Greece / Denomination: 2500 Drachmai
(2500 GRD)
Year: 1982 / Material: Gold (.900)
1 Drachma (Regime of the Colonels)
Country: Greece / Denomination: 1 Drachma
(1 GRD)
Year: 1973 / Material: Nickel-brass
10 Gazettae (Denomination in Greek)
Country: Ionian Islands (Septinsular Republic)
(Greece) / Denomination: 10 Gazettae
(10)
Year: 1801 / Material: Copper
100 Euro (Olympia)
Country: Greece / Denomination: 100 Euro
100 EUR = 116 USD
Year: 2004 (2003) / Material: Gold (.999)
1 Lepton - Ioannis Kapodistrias
Country: Greece / Denomination: 1 Lepton
(0.01)
Year: 1830 / Material: Copper
10 Drachmai - George I (1st portrait)
Country: Greece / Denomination: 10 Drachmai
(10)
Year: 1876 / Material: Gold (.900)
50 Lepta (Pattern strike)
Country: Greece / Denomination: 50 Lepta
(0.50)
Year: 1921 / Material: Aluminium