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Features

Issuer	Greece
Ruling authority	Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	2002-2006
Value	2 Euros 2 EUR = USD 2.28
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 ↑↑
Issued	1 January 2002
Number	N# 120
References	KM# 188 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , Schön# 138 Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes).

Obverse

A representation of the myth of the Abduction of Europa, the daughter of the Phoenician King Agenor, by Zeus, who had taken the form of a bull, is accompanied with the legend "Ευρώπη" (Europa) and the face value and encircled by the twelve stars of Europe.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΕΥΡΩΠΗ
ΓΣ
2 ΕΥΡΩ
20 02

Translation:
Europa
GS
2 Euro
2002

Engraver: Geórgios Stamatópoulos

Reverse

A map, next to the face value, shows the fifteen states of the European Union.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 2 EURO LL

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

Reeded with inscription

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ

Translation: Hellenic Republic

Mints

	National Mint of the Bank of Greece (Νομισματοκοπείο - ΙΕΤΑ), Athens, Greece (1972-date)
S	Mint of Finland (Suomen Rahapaja), Vantaa, Finland (1988-date)

Comments

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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, an 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	75 400 000	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.60		81%
2002	54 945							$ 9.10	BU set	1.8%
2002	5 000								BU set (Dutch Mint - Set; error strike: inscription with 2 instead of 3 lines at top left)	0.3%
2002 S	70 000 000	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 3.40	"S" mark in Star	38%
2003	550 000				$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 3.70	$ 3.70		6%
2003	99 300							$ 11	BU set	1.0%
2004	30 000							$ 21	In BU Sets only (Epikourios Apollon's Temple)	1.5%
2005	1 050 000		$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 3.40		8%
2005	50 000							$ 8.00	BU set (Ancient coins of Athens)	0.7%
2006	1 050 000		$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 3.50	$ 4.60		7%
2006	50 000							$ 17	BU set (Ancient Greek coins)	1.0%

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