10 Euros Johann Jakob Meyer
Features
| Issuer |
Greece
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2026 |
| Value | 10 Euros 10 EUR = USD 12 |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Weight | 34.10 g |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Coloured, Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Issued | 2026 |
| Number | N# 569098 |
| References | KM# 425 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Johann Jakob Meyer
Series: Philelines
Obverse
The Greek coat of arms surrounded by the flags of Switzerland and Greece
Scripts: Greek, Latin
Lettering:
10 ΕΥΡΩ
« WE ARE ALL GREEKS » P.B.Shelley
aM
EΛΛHNIKH ΔHMOKPATIA
République hellénique
Designer: Maria Antonatou
Reverse
Portrait of Johann Jakob Meyer.
Scripts: Greek, Latin
Lettering:
JOHANN JAKOB MEYER
2026
λδ
ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ ΙΑΚΩΒΟΣ ΜΑΓΕΡ 1798 - 1826
Designer: Leda Pavli
Edge
Plain
Mint
 |
National Mint of the Bank of Greece (Νομισματοκοπείο - ΙΕΤΑ), Athens, Greece (1972-date) |
Comments
Johann Jakob Meyer (1798-1826) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He studied pharmacy and later medicine at the University of Freiburg, but did not complete his studies. Meyer came to Greece upon the outbreak of the Greek Revolution in 1821 and settled in Messolonghi. He converted to the Christian Orthodox faith and married a local girl, Altani Inglezi, turning her house into a hospital and also setting up a pharmacy. Meyer is rightly considered the father of Greek journalism, as he published and edited the first Greek newspaper, Ellinika Chronika (Hellenic Chronicles), from 1824 until a Turkish bomb destroyed the printing press in 1826. The newspaper is a valuable source of information on the dramatic siege of the city. Meyer emerges from his writings as a champion of liberty, democracy and freedom of the press. He was killed during the Exodus of Messolonghi along with his wife and two children.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
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| 2026 | 1 000 | $ 160 | Proof | ||||||||||||
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Languages: EN, EL
Numista Rarity index: 91
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Bullion value: USD 69.87
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Actual silver weight: 1.014 oz
Current silver price: 68.90 USD/oz (see silver price 
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