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Alexander Malioukov, 30.11.2018 16:15

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Mintage		Position: 1 Year: 1994 AD Mint: Bank of Greece Mintage: 7 500 000 Add. Info: ND	Position: 1 Year: 1994 AD Mint: Bank of Greece Mintage: 7 500 000
Mintage	Photo		none	Position: 1 Source: Numista Link: http:// Cover: Yes
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		Position: 3 Source: NumisCorner.com Link: https://www.numiscorner.com Cover: Yes	none
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Obverse Object		Person (politician, revolutionary, entrepreneur) → Yannis Makriyannis	Person (military) → Ioannis Makrigiannis
Obverse lettering		EΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ΙΩ. ΜΑΚΡΥΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ Ν.Ν.	EΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ΙΩ. ΜΑΚΡΥΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ Ν.Ν.
Obverse description		Depicts a portrait of Yannis Makriyannis, official country name (Hellenic Republic) above. Yannis Makriyannis (1797–1864) was a Greek merchant, military officer, politician and author. Starting from humble origins, he joined the Greek struggle for independence, achieving the rank of general and leading his men to notable victories. Following Greek independence, he had a tumultuous public career, playing a prominent part in the granting of the first Constitution of the Kingdom of Greece and later being sentenced to death and pardoned. Despite his important contributions to the political life of the early Greek state, general Makriyannis is mostly remembered for his Memoirs. Aside from being a source of historical and cultural information about the period, this work has also been called a "monument of Modern Greek literature", as it is written in pure Demotic Greek. Indeed, its literary quality led Nobel laureate Giorgos Seferis to call Makriyannis one of the greatest masters of Modern Greek prose.	Yannis Makriyannis, was a Greek merchant, military officer, politician and author, best known today for his Memoirs. Starting from humble origins, he joined the Greek struggle for independence, achieving the rank of general and leading his men to notable victories. Following Greek independence, he had a tumultuous public career, playing a prominent part in the granting of the first Constitution of the Kingdom of Greece and later being sentenced to death and pardoned. Despite his important contributions to the political life of the early Greek state, general Makriyannis is mostly remembered for his Memoirs. Aside from being a source of historical and cultural information about the period, this work has also been called a "monument of Modern Greek literature", as it is written in pure Demotic Greek. Indeed, its literary quality led Nobel laureate Giorgos Seferis to call Makriyannis one of the greatest masters of Modern Greek prose.
Reverse description		Depicts the Hellenic Parliament building surrounding by legends. "Greek Parlament" on top; years, "150 Years of the Constitutional Life", value and a palmette (the mint mark of the Greek Mint) below. The Hellenic Parliament (Greek: Βουλή των Ελλήνων, literally Parliament of the Hellenes) is the parliament of Greece, located in the Old Royal Palace, overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens. It is a unicameral legislature of 300 members, elected for a four-year term.	The Hellenic Parliament is the parliament of Greece, located in the Old Royal Palace, overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens. The Parliament is the supreme democratic institution that represents the citizens through an elected body of Members of Parliament. It is a unicameral legislature of 300 members, elected for a four-year term. During 1844–63 and 1927–35 the parliament was bicameral with an upper house, the Senate, and a lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, which retained the name Vouli. Several important Greek statesmen have served as Speakers of the Hellenic Parliament.
Coin description		The first constitution of the Kingdom of Greece was the Greek Constitution of 1844. On 3 September 1843, the military garrison of Athens, with the help of citizens, rebelled and demanded from King Otto the concession of a Constitution. The Constitution that was proclaimed in March 1844 came from the workings of the "Third of September National Assembly of the Hellenes in Athens" and was a Constitutional Pact, in other words a contract between the monarch and the Nation. This Constitution re-established the Constitutional Monarchy and was based on the French Constitution of 1830 and the Belgian Constitution of 1831. Its main provisions were the following: It established the principle of monarchical sovereignty, as the monarch was the decisive power of the State; the legislative power was to be exercised by the King - who also had the right to ratify the laws - by the Parliament, and by the Senate. "In the name of the Holy, Consubstantial and Indivisible Trinity..." are the first words of the Greek Constitution of 1844.	150th Anniversary of the Constitution Series - Makrigiannis
Topic		Yannis Makriyannis	Makrigiannis
Series		150th Anniversary of the Greek Constitution	150th Anniversary of the Constitution
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Alexander Malioukov, 30.11.2018 16:15

User One, 29.11.2018 03:01

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