Description: GREECE : 2 Euros ( Greek Coin ) UNCirculatedYEAR : 2023This coin is COMMEMORATIVEfor the 150TH BIRTH CONSTANTIN CARATHEODORY Limited to 750.000 issues worldwide.Coin designed by : G. StamatopoulosDate of Issue : 28 September 2023Only 750.000 pieces=============================================Diameter25.75 mmThickness2.20 mmWeight8.50 grComposition Ring Cupronickel (75% copper - 25% nickel clad on nickel core), center Nickel brass (75% copper - 20% zinc - 5% nickel)EdgeEdge lettering (Hellenic Republic), fine milled!!! GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC !!!=============================================2 euros - 150TH BIRTH CONSTANTIN CARATHEODORYConstantin Carathéodory (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Καραθεοδωρή, romanized: Konstantinos Karatheodori, 13 September 1873 – 2 February 1950) was a Greek mathematician who spent most of his professional career in Germany. He made significant contributions to real and complex analysis, the calculus of variations, and measure theory. He also created an axiomatic formulation of thermodynamics. Carathéodory is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of his era and the most renowned Greek mathematician since antiquity.Constantin Carathéodory was born in 1873 in Berlin to Greek parents and grew up in Brussels. His father Stephanos , a lawyer, served as the Ottoman ambassador to Belgium, St. Petersburg and Berlin. His mother, Despina, née Petrokokkinos, was from the island of Chios. The Carathéodory family, originally from Bosnochori or Vyssa, was well established and respected in Constantinople, and its members held many important governmental positions.The Carathéodory family spent 1874–75 in Constantinople, where Constantin's paternal grandfather lived, while his father Stephanos was on leave. Then in 1875 they went to Brussels when Stephanos was appointed there as Ottoman Ambassador. In Brussels, Constantin's younger sister Julia was born. The year 1879 was a tragic one for the family since Constantin's paternal grandfather died in that year, but much more tragically, Constantin's mother Despina died of pneumonia in Cannes. Constantin's maternal grandmother took on the task of bringing up Constantin and Julia in his father's home in Belgium. They employed a German maid who taught the children to speak German. Constantin was already bilingual in French and Greek by this time.Constantin began his formal schooling at a private school in Vanderstock in 1881. He left after two years and then spent time with his father on a visit to Berlin, and also spent the winters of 1883–84 and 1884–85 on the Italian Riviera. Back in Brussels in 1885 he attended a grammar school for a year where he first began to become interested in mathematics. In 1886, he entered the high school Athénée Royal d'Ixelles and studied there until his graduation in 1891. Twice during his time at this school Constantin won a prize as the best mathematics student in Belgium.At this stage Carathéodory began training as a military engineer. He attended the École Militaire de Belgique from October 1891 to May 1895 and he also studied at the École d'Application from 1893 to 1896. In 1897 a war broke out between the Ottoman Empire and Greece. This put Carathéodory in a difficult position since he sided with the Greeks, yet his father served the government of the Ottoman Empire. Since he was a trained engineer he was offered a job in the British colonial service. This job took him to Egypt where he worked on the construction of the Assiut dam until April 1900. During periods when construction work had to stop due to floods, he studied mathematics from some textbooks he had with him, such as Jordan's Cours d'Analyse and Salmon's text on the analytic geometry of conic sections. He also visited the Cheops pyramid and made measurements which he wrote up and published in 1901. He also published a book on Egypt in the same year which contained a wealth of information on the history and geography of the country.============================================= Condition :The coin characterized : Unc of the rolls of euro-coins Bank of GreeceSee the scan (picture), shape your own opinion. You will take that you see in the LAST photograph of sale.=============================================Payment instructions· All payment methods from the eBay platform.· Paypal prefered. The fast, easy, and secure way to pay online. · For any questions about payment and shipping instruction please don't hesitate to be in contact with me · Payment must be sent in 1 - 7 days of the end of sale Shipping Instructions and Cost · Items will shipped in the next 1 - 2 days after receiving the payment · Item shipped WORLDWIDE FREE · Shipping Insurance can be added for some countries but not USA. · Day of receiving depends from Countrie's Distance (5-25 working days). If you don't receive beetween this time the item please inform me imediatelly.
Price: 14 USD
Location: Athens, Attiki
End Time: 2024-10-29T14:49:21.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Denomination: 2 Euro
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
Composition: Copper-Nickel-Zinc
Year: 2023
Grade: Ungraded
Country/Region of Manufacture: Greece
Certification: Uncertified