Greece 100 drachmas 1982 - Pole vault - Series C

Obverse of Greece 100 drachmas 1982 - Pole vault - Series C Reverse of Greece 100 drachmas 1982 - Pole vault - Series C
Krause - Mishler KM# 136
Details XIII Paneuropean Games - Athens 1982

The spirit of the Olympic Games is capsured in this unique collection of Greek legal tender coins. The coins trace the history of the games, from their birth in ancient Greece to their revival in the 1896 Olympic Games and finally to the return of the athletes to Athens in 1892.

Pole vaulting is a field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole (usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts
Specifications Diameter - 24mm Thickness - N/A Weight - 5.78gr
Composition 0.9000 Silver .1672 oz. ASW
Edge Reeded
Comments Engraver: Th. Papagiannis
Mintage 150,000 pieces

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