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5000 Drachmai PanEuropean Games
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Composition | Gold (.900) |
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| Obverse description | The Greek national coat of arms — a quartered shield bearing a white cross on blue — is displayed at centre, encircled by a finely detailed olive wreath tied at the base. The circular legend ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ (Hellenic Republic) runs along the upper periphery in Greek characters. Below the wreath, the denomination ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ 5000 is inscribed in two lines, with the date 1982 beneath in the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | XIII ΠΑΝΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟΙ ΑΓΩΝΕΣ ΣΤΙΒΟΥ ΑΘΗΝΑ 1982 PIERRE DE COUBERTIN ΡΗΤΟΙ Τ'ΑΡΡΗΤΟΙΤΕ (Translation: XIII PAN-EUROPEAN TRACK AND FIELD GAMES ATHENS 1982 PIERRE DE COUBERTIN) |
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Greece hosted the 1982 PanEuropean Games in Athens, and this commemorative was authorized as part of a broader state push to reassert Greek cultural primacy over the Games' origins — a politically charged move during a period when the newly elected PASOK government under Andreas Papandreou was aggressively redefining Greece's national identity in relation to European institutions. Gold commemoratives of this type were struck in limited numbers primarily for collector sale, seeing essentially no circulation.