Hey guys
Today I will introduce you to a great piece of silver coin in my collection.
Is a coin for the 100th anniversary of the five Greek kings , the coin is minted in 1963 with named value of 30 drachmas.
On this side you can see the five kings of the house glucksburg the Greek royal house.
Clockwise from the top:
Paul,
George II,
Alexander,
Constantine I and
George I
The coins property
30 drachma anniversary coin of the (1863-1963) commemorating the centennial of the reign of the House of glucksburg.
34mm (18.00grams)
0.835 Silver (0.4832 oz. ASW)
Paul, the third son of King Constantine I of Greece, left Greece with his father following Constantine’s deposition in 1917. He refused the crown after the death of his brother, King Alexander (October 1920), but returned home in December 1920 upon Constantine’s restoration to the throne. With the rise of republican feeling, however, he again left Greece (December 1923) and remained in exile until 1935, when his brother George was recalled as king. In 1938 Paul married his young cousin, the princess Frederika of Brunswick. He held officer’s rank in the Greek navy, army, and air force and was a member of the army general staff at the outbreak of war with Italy (1940). In 1941 he escaped from occupied Greece and lived in Cairo and South Africa.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-king-of-Greece
George II (Greek: Γεώργιος Βʹ, Geórgios II; 19 July [O.S.: 7 July] 1890 – 1 April 1947)[2] was King of Greece from September 1922 to March 1924 and from November 1935 to his death in April 1947.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Greece
Alexander (Greek: Αλέξανδρος, Aléxandros; 1 August 1893 – 25 October 1920)[a] was King of Greece from 11 June 1917 until his death three years later, at the age of 27, from the effects of a monkey bite.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_of_Greece
Constantine I (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Αʹ, Konstantínos I; 2 August [O.S. 21 July] 1868 – 11 January 1923) was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922. He was commander-in-chief of the Hellenic Army during the unsuccessful Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and led the Greek forces during the successful Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, in which Greece expanded to include Thessaloniki, doubling in area and population. He succeeded to the throne of Greece on 18 March 1913, following his father's assassination.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_I_of_Greece
George I (Greek: Γεώργιος Α΄, Geórgios I; 24 December 1845 – 18 March 1913) was King of Greece from 30 March 1863 until his assassination in 1913.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_I_of_Greece
