Description:
Obverse
The portrait of Dionysios Solomos (1798-1857), a poet from Zakynthos author of the Greek national anthem, is surrounded with a legend which indicates his name in Greek: "Δ. ΣΟΛΩΜΟΣ"
Reverse
The facial value is accompanied with an olive branch and surrounded with the inscription "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ" (Greek Democracy)
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