The Republic of Greece

planed to issued in

succession 18

commemorative coins of the

2004 Athens Olympic Games

from 2003 to 2004, totally 6

sets. Each set comprise 1

gold coin and a 2 coins set of silver coins. Gold coins in each set has a mintage of 28,000pc., silver coins has a mintage of

68,000pc. each. As the only deputy seller of this item in China, CGCI only imported few coins, including 50 gold coins and

1000 sets of silver coins. The coins have been designed by the painter and engraver Panayiotis Gravalos, while the reliefs

were created by the sculptor Kostas Kazakos, who, having worked for five years for the Greek Mint, has put his signature

on several of the most beautiful Greek coins. One of these, the 50 drachma coin, was awarded first prize in a competition

in Washington D.C., USA, in 1988 and is considered by many to be the most beautiful coin in the world. The Official Coins

of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games are of unique value to coin collectors, since they will be limited in number of designs

and mintage per coin, compared to previous Olympic coin collections. The themes of the Gold coins have a civilization

theme and portray prominent landmarks from the history of Greece. The Silver coins feature sporting themes and each

design motif has been rendered using a modern depiction in the foreground contrasted with a classical depiction of the

sport in the background. Thus the designs communicate the passage-through-time with the foreground modern depiction

rendered in a crisp precise manner, while the classical backgrounds are rendered in such a way that they appear to be

worn, much as a coin appears with the passage of time.