Description:
Obverse
The portrait in left profile of Democritus (460 - 370 BC), a Greek philosopher who developed the atomic theory of the universe, is surrounded with a legend which indicates his name in Greek: "ΔΗΜΟΚΡΙΤΟΣ"
Reverse
An atom is surrounded with the facial value according to the new spelling ("10 ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ") and the inscription "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ" (Republic of Greece)
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