The Bank of Greece Printing and Banking Foundation (IETA) launched a collector coin blister dedicated to 175 years since the birth of Nikolaos Gizis, in the context of its monetary program for 2017.
This is the first coin produced using color and its release to the public started on Tuesday December 12, 2017.
The coin depicts the bust of Nikolaos Gyzis on the front and a painter’s palette with his signature on the back and it was designed by award-winning engraver of the Bank of Greece Giorgos Stamatopoulos.
Nikolaos Gyzis (1842-1901), one of the top modern Greek painters, was born in Tinos island but grew up in Athens where he attended classes at the School of Arts (later School of Fine Arts).
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