2 euro coin 2019 Greece – ANDREAS KALVOS
€3.00
UNC 2 euros coin.
Diameter – 25.75mm
Thickness – 2.2mm
Weight – 8.5gr
75% copper – 25% nickel clad on nickel core
Mintage: 750 000 pieces
Description
Born in Zante, Andreas Kalvos (1792-1869) is one the most important modern Greek poets. Combining a solid neoclassicist education with the high ideals of Romanticism and archaicising with demotic Greek, he expressed both the revolutionary ideas of his time and his personal vision.