Deep green on multicolored underprint
Obverse: Ioannis Kapodistrias and his birthplace
Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias was a Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and later first head of state of independent Greece.
Reverse: Fortress overlooking Corfu
Watermark: Head of Charioteer Polyzalos of Delphi
The Charioteer, also known as Heniokhos (the rein-holder), is one of the best-known statues surviving from Ancient Greece, and is considered one of the finest examples of ancient bronze statues. The life-size statue of a chariot driver was found in 1896 at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi, and it is now in the Delphi Archaeological Museum |