2 Euros Ionian Islands

Features

Issuer	Greece
Period	Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2014
Value	2 Euros 2 EUR = USD 2.32
Currency	Euro (2002-date)
Composition	Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring
Weight	8.50 g
Diameter	25.75 mm
Thickness	2.20 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 65018
References	KM# 269 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 210 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

150th Anniversary of the Union of the Ionian Islands with Greece

Obverse

The inner part of the coin depicts a seven-pointed star inscribed in Greek with the words: ‘150 YEARS SINCE THE UNION OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS (EPTÁNISA) WITH GREECE 1864-2014’, the name of the issuing country ‘HELLENIC REPUBLIC’ and the mint mark of the Greek State Mint. The spaces between the points of the star feature the symbols of the Ionian Islands. The entire design is encircled in a decorative stylised wave motif. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
150
ΧΡΟΝΙΑ
ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΕΝΩΣΗ
ΤΩΝ ΕΠΤΑΝΗΣΩΝ
ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
1864-2014
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ
ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ

Translation:
150
Years
of the Union
of the Ionian Islands
With Greece
1864-2014
Greek
Democracy

Engravers: Maria Andonatou, Geórgios Stamatópoulos

Reverse

A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 2 EURO LL

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

Reeded with inscription

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ

Translation: Hellenic Republic

Mint

National Mint of the Bank of Greece (Νομισματοκοπείο - ΙΕΤΑ), Athens, Greece (1972-date)

Comments

The unification of the Ionian Islands with Greece was the first expansion of the modern Greek State’s borders.
After centuries of foreign rule under the Venetians, French, Russians and British, the islands became
an integral part of the national territory in 1864, when the British ceded them to Greece on the occasion of the accession of King George I to the Greek throne.
The coin was issued in bankrolls, in proof quality along with the proof year set and in BU quality on a coin card blister.

Present in sets

Greece 2014 Proof Set

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Date	Mintage	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2014	742 000	$ 2.30	$ 3.50	$ 4.20	$ 4.50		98%
2014	7 500				$ 7.00	Coin card blister	3%
2014	2 500					Proof	1.0%

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