Greek Blisters

Official Blister 2010

The Official Blister 2010 is dedicated to the "Athenian Triere" (or trireme), the largest battle ship for 200 years dating from the time of the Athenian democracy and Kimon (5th century b.C.- Marine Museum). Triremes were the dominant warship in the Mediterranean from around 700 to 300 BC, when naval combat took place mainly by ramming enemy vessels ...

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2010	7,500 pieces	€ 39.60	Buy

International Year of Biodiversity 2010

The United Nations proclaimed 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. You are an integral part of nature; your fate is tightly linked with biodiversity, the huge variety of other animals and plants, the places they live and their surrounding environments, all over the world. You rely on this diversity of life to provide you with the food, ...

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2010	5,000 pieces	-	View

100th aniversary of the birth of Sofia Vembo 2010

Sofia Vembo was a leading Greek singer and actress active from the interwar period to the early postwar years and the 50s. She became best known for her performance of patriotic songs during the Greco-Italian War, when she was dubbed the "Songstress of Victory". Because of her role in the war and her efforts during the Axis occupation, she was awarded ...

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2010	5,000 pieces	-	View

International Year of Astronomy 2009

The International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009) is a year-long celebration of astronomy, taking place in 2009 to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope by Galileo Galilei and the publication of Johannes Kepler's Astronomia nova in the 17th century. The International Year of Astronomy Blister ...

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2009	5,000 pieces	-	View

Yannis Ritsos Year 2009

Yiannis Ritsos (May 1, 1909 - Athens November 11, 1990) was a Greek poet and left-wing activist and an active member of the Greek resistance during World War II. His landmark poem Epitaphios, published in 1936, broke with the shape of Greek traditional popular poetry and expressed in clear and simple language a message of the unity of all people. The ...

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2009	5,000 pieces	-	View

10th Anniversary of EMU 2009

A first attempt to create an economic and monetary union between the members of the European Communities goes back to an initiative by the European Commission in 1969. The commemorative coin features a deliberately primitive stick figure blending into the euro symbol. The design seeks to convey the idea of the single currency as the last step on Europe's ...

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2009	7,500 pieces	-	View

Official Blister 2009

The Official Blister 2009 is dedicated to the "Theran Ship", a typical Cycladic ship from the 17th century BC. The construction model was based on the Miniature Ships Fresco, depicting a fleet in procession, discovered in the West House of the prehistoric settlement of Akritiri, on the island of Thera The "Theran Ship" blister was issued on 7 December ...

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2009	7,500 pieces	€ 31.00	Buy

Official Blister 2008

The Official Blister 2008 is dedicated to the "Ancient coins of Thrace, Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus and Peloponnese”. It was issued on 4 October 2008 with a mintage of 20,000 pieces. The blister contains the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cent coins and 1, 2 euros (unc). Greek euro coins feature a unique design for every one of the eight coins and they were all ...

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2008	15,000 pieces	€ 27.00	Buy

New Acropolis Museum 2008

The Acropolis Museum was located in Athens, Greece on the archeological site of Acropolis until June 2007. It was considered one of the major archaeological museums in Athens and ranked among the most important museums of the world. Due to its limited size, the Greek Government decided in the late 1980s to build the New Acropolis Museum at the base ...

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2008	10,000 pieces	-	View

Official Blister 2007

The Official Blister 2007 is dedicated to the "Ancient coins of the Aegean Sea”. It was issued on 13 August 2007 with a mintage of 15,000 pieces. The blister contains the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cent coins and 1, 2 euros (unc). Greek euro coins feature a unique design for every one of the eight coins and they were all designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos. ...

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2007	15,000 pieces	-	View