20 Euro Cent 1st map

Features

Issuer	Greece
Period	Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	2002-2006
Value	20 Euro Cent 0.20 EUR = USD 0.22
Currency	Euro (2002-date)
Composition	Nordic gold (89% Copper, 5% Aluminium, 5% Zinc, 1% Tin)
Weight	5.74 g
Diameter	22.25 mm
Thickness	2.14 mm
Shape	Spanish flower
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 117
References	KM# 185, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. Schön# 135 Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

A portrait of Ioannis Capodistrias (1776-1831), a leading national and European politician and diplomat who became the first Governor of Greece (1830-31) following the Greek War of Independence (1821-27) accompanied with a legend indicating his name "Ι. Καποδίστριας" and the face value and is encircled by the twelve stars of Europe.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
20
2002 ΛΕΠΤΑ
Ι. ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΣ
ΓΣ

Translation:
20
2002 Cents
I. Capodistrias
GS

Engravers: Maria Andonatou, Georgios Stamatopoulos

Reverse

A map, next to the face value, symbolizes the gathering of the fifteen nations of the European Union.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20
LL
EURO
CENT

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

Smooth with seven indentations ("Spanish flower")

Mints

	Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date)
	The National Mint of the Bank of Greece (Νομισματοκοπείο - ΙΕΤΑ), Athens, Greece (1972-date)
E	Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda), Madrid, Spain (1591-date)

Comments

The coin is issued in bankrolls and the above mint sets:

2002 Official Issue Hellenic Coin Set: The Official Blister 2002 was issued on 31 October 2002 with a mintage of 50,000 pieces. It contains the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cent coins and 1, 2 euros. Greek euro coins feature a unique design for every one of the eight coins and they were all designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos.

2002 Official Issue Hellenic Coin Set produced by the Duch Mint: The Dutch version of the Greek Blister 2002 was issued in 2002 with a mintage of only 5,000 pieces. The only visible difference between the Greek and the Dutch version of the blister is the issuing authority, namely the Greek ministry of Economy and the Greek Ministry of Economics and Finance respectively.

2003 Official Issue Hellenic Coin Set: The Official Blister 2003 was issued in June 2003. It contains the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cent coins and 1, 2 euros. Greek euro coins feature a unique design for every one of the eight coins and they were all designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos.

2004 Official Issue Hellenic Coin Set: The Official 2004 Blister is dedicated to the "Epikourios Apollo’s temple” and it was issued in May 2005 with a mintage of 30,000 pieces. It contains the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cent coins and 1, 2 euros (BU). Bassae (Latin) or Bassai (meaning "little vale in the rocks") hosts the temple of Apollo Epikourios ("Apollo the helper"). It was designed by Iktinos, the architect of the Temple of Hephaestus and the Parthenon and the ancient writer Pausanias praises the temple as eclipsing all others but the temple of Athena at Tegea by the beauty of its stone and the harmony of its construction.

2005 Official Issue Hellenic Coin Set: The Official Blister 2005 is dedicated to the "Ancient coins of Athens”. It was issued on 11 January 2006 with a mintage of 25,000 pieces. The blister contains the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cent coins and 1, 2 euros. Greek euro coins feature a unique design for every one of the eight coins and they were all designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos. The minor coins depict Greek ships, the middle coins portray famous Greeks and the two large denominations showing images of Greek history and mythology.

2006 Official Issue Hellenic Coin Set: The Official Blister 2006 is dedicated to the "Ancient Greek coins". It was issued on 11 January 2006 with a mintage of 25,000 pieces. The blister contains the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cent coins and 1, 2 euros. Greek euro coins feature a unique design for every one of the eight coins and they were all designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos. The minor coins depict Greek ships, the middle coins portray famous Greeks and the two large denominations showing images of Greek history and mythology.

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
2002	209 000 000	$ 0.22	$ 0.22	$ 0.22	$ 0.22	$ 0.22	$ 0.25	$ 0.43	87%
2002	54 945							$ 1.30	1.7%	BU set
2002	5 000								0.2%	BU set (Dutch Mint - Set; error strike: inscription with 2 instead of 3 lines at top left)
2002 E	120 000 000	$ 0.22	$ 0.22	$ 0.22	$ 0.22	$ 0.22	$ 0.22	$ 0.27	34%	"E" mark in Star
2003	800 000					$ 0.22	$ 0.58	$ 0.86	5%
2003	99 300							$ 1.30	1.0%	BU set
2004	500 000					$ 0.22	$ 0.57	$ 1.10	5%
2004	30 000							$ 2.20	0.7%	BU set
2005	1 000 000			$ 0.22	$ 0.22	$ 0.25	$ 0.25	$ 0.70	7%
2005	50 000							$ 1.40	0.7%	BU set
2006	1 000 000				$ 0.22	$ 0.54	$ 0.54	$ 0.54	6%
2006	50 000							$ 1.30	0.9%	BU set

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