30 Drachmai - Constantine II Royal Marriage 1964

Weight

12 g

Diameter

30.3 mm

Thickness

2.0 mm

Material

Silver (.835) (Copper .165)

Shape

Round

Edge Type

Inscripted with raised lettering

Technique

Milled

Front design

Potrait of Constantine and Anne-Marie

Back design

Crowned double headed eagle and denomination

Year of Minting

1964

King

Constantine II ( 1964-1973 )

Mint location

Bern , Switzerland (1225-date); Norwegian Mint (Norske Myntverk), Kongsberg, Norway (1686-date)

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

Medal alignment ↑↑

Inscriptions

Obverse: ΚΩΝϹΤΑΝΤῖNOϹ · ἌΝΝΑ ΜΑΡΙΑ ΒΑϹΙΛΕῖϹ ΤῶΝ ἙΛΛΉΝΩΝ BΦ Reverse: 1964 30 ΔΡχ.

Context

30 Silver Drachmai commemorates the Royal Wedding of Constantine II, King of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark in 1964. Coin issued by the National Bank of Greece. For the lettering on the coin, consistently instead of a ‘Σ’ a ‘C’ is used, known as the lunate sigma. That is not common in modern Greek writing, it has been used on some ancient Greek coins though, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma On the edge lettering, between ‘*’ and ‘ICXYC’, between ‘ΜΟΥ’ and ‘Η’ and between ‘Τ’ and ‘ΟΥ’ in ΤΟΥ there are three narrow vertical lines, indicating that three die sections were used to create the lettering on the edge. Such triple little vertical lines can also for example be found on Swiss 5 Francs coin edges with raised edge lettering, as well as on the edge of the 1960 20 Drachmes coin. Edge of coins minted in Kongsberg:

Rarity

Common

Coin type

Non-circulating

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

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