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Circulation euro coins of Hellenic Republic

2 euro 2002 (2002-2006)
bi-metallic - nickel-brass/copper-nickel
2 EURO
EYPΩΠΗ 2 EYPΩ 2002
Coin value - 3-4 USD

2 euro 2008 (2007- )
bi-metallic - nickel-brass/copper-nickel
2 EURO
EYPΩΠΗ 2 EYPΩ 2008
Coin value - 5-10 USD

1 euro 2002 (2002-2006)
bi-metallic - copper-nickel/nickel-brass
1 EURO
1 EYPΩ 2007
Coin value - 2-3 USD

1 euro 2007 (2007- )
bi-metallic - copper-nickel/nickel-brass
1 EURO
1 EYPΩ 2007
Coin value - 2-3 USD

50 euro cent 2002 (2002-2006)
brass
50 EURO CENT
50 ΛЕПТА 2002 / EΛ. BEΛIZEΛO∑
Coin value - ~1 USD

50 euro cent 2009 (2007- )
brass
50 EURO CENT
50 ΛЕПТА 2002 / EΛ. BEΛIZEΛO∑ / Bust of El. Venizelos half left
Coin value - 3-5 USD

20 euro cent 2002 (2002-2006)
brass
20 EURO CENT
20 ΛЕПТА 2002 / I. KAПOΔI∑TPIA∑
Coin value - <1 USD

20 euro cent 2009 (2007- )
brass
20 EURO CENT
20 ΛЕПТА 2009 / I. KAПOΔI∑TPIA∑
Coin value - 3-5 USD

10 euro cent 2002 (2002-2006)
brass
10 EURO CENT
10 ΛЕПТА 2002 / PHГA∑ ФEPAIO∑
Coin value - <1 USD

10 euro cent 2007 (2007- )
brass
10 EURO CENT
10 ΛЕПТА 2007 / PHГA∑ ФEPAIO∑
Coin value - <1 USD

5 euro cent 2017 (2002- )
copper plated steel
5 EURO CENT
5 ΛЕПТА 2017
Coin value - <1 USD

2 euro cent 2002 (2002- )
copper plated steel
2 EURO CENT
2 ΛЕПТА 2002
Coin value - <1 USD

1 euro cent 2013 (2002- )
copper plated steel
1 EURO CENT
1 ΛЕПТO 2013
Coin value - <1 USD

Commemorative euro coins of Greece - chart with prices

2 euro 2004
bi-metallic - nickel-brass/copper-nickel
Olympics in Athens
2 EURO / Denomination and map
ATHENS 2004 / Discus thrower
Coin value - 3-5 USD

Year	Face value	Mintage	Theme	Alloy	Diameter (mm)	Weight (gr)	Price in Euro
2004	2	50000000	XXVIII Summer Olympic Games 2004 in Athens	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	5
2007	2	4000000	50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	4
2009	2	4000000	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	4
2010	2	2500000	2500 years of the Marathon Battle	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	4
2011	2	1000000	XIII Olympic Games for persons with mental disabilities	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	4
2012	2	1005000	10 years of euro cash circulation	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	4
2013	2	754000	100th anniversary of the unification of Crete with Greece	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	4
2013	2	754000	2400th anniversary of Platonic Academy	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	4
2013	5	10000	150 years since the birth of Konstantinos Kavafis	copper-nickel	30,5	11	15
2014	2	750000	150 years of alliance of the Ionian Islands with Greece	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2014	2	750000	400 years since the death of El Greco - (Domenikos Teotokopoulos)	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2014	5	7500	200 years of foundation of Flika Eteria Greece	copper-nickel	30,5	18,8	15
2015	2	750000	30th anniversary of the European flag	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2015	2	750000	75 years since the death of Spyridon Louis	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2015	5	7500	100 years since the birth of musician Vasilis Tsitsanis	copper-nickel	30,5	18,8	15
2016	2	750000	150 years since the Holocaust of Arkadi Monastery	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2016	2	750000	120 years since the birth of Dimitris Mitropoulos	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2016	5	6500	100 years co birthday of Yannis Moralis	copper-nickel	30,5	18,8	15
2017	2	750000	Philippa Archaeological Complex	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2017	2	750000	60 years old writer Nysos Kazandzakis	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2017	5	5000	175 years since the birth of artist Nikolaos Gizis	copper-nickel	30,5	18,8	18
2018	2	750000	70th anniversary of the Dodecanese Islands Union	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2018	2	750000	poet Costis Palamas	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2019	2	750000	150 years since the death of Andreas Kalvos	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2019	2	750000	100 years since the birth of Manolis Andronikos	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2019	5	5000	Tulip Gulimi - Endemic flora of Greece	copper-nickel	30,5	18,8	20
2019	5	5000	100 anniversary of the Loan Deposit and Loan Fund	copper-nickel	30,5	18,8	65
2020	2	750000	2500 years of the Battle of Fermopil	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2020	2	750000	100 years since the inclusion of Thrace in Greece	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2021	2	1470000	200 years of independence from the Ottoman Empire	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2021	5	125000	The first coins of the Greek state	copper-nickel + polymer	27,25	9	70
2021	5	125000	The first coins of the Greek state	copper-nickel + polymer	27,25	9	70
2022	2	750000	200 years of Greece's first Constitution	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3
2022	2	3000000	35th anniversary of the Erasmus program	bimetallic	25,75	8,5	3

Greek euro coins description

Hellenic Republic
Capital: Athens
Area: 131957 km²
Population: 10.815 million people (2011)
Official language: Greek Monetary unit before the introduction of the euro: Greek drachma = 100 lepta
Euro introduction date: January 1, 2002
Head of State: President
Form of government: parliamentary republic

Greece joined the euro zone just a year (January 1, 2001) before the introduction of the euro into cash circulation, so the time to design coins and issue them was limited. The National Mint did not have time to cope with such a volume of work, therefore, in order to provide the country with the necessary number of coins by January 1, 2002, it was decided to place orders for minting at the mints of France, Spain and Finland.
The current minting of coins 8.

Greece euro coins set

You can determine where the coin was minted by the letter designation affixed to one of the stars around the circumference. In this case, the letter E stands for the Royal Mint of Spain, F - the Paris Mint, and the letter S - the Mint of Finland, and the sign of the Athens Mint is on all the coins of Greece, regardless of where it was minted.

All Greek euro coins are designed by the sculptor of the coinage department of the Bank of Greece, Georgios Stamatopoulos (HwpYou Eta ^ atopoi Hoi, translated into English as Georgios Stamatopoulos), each of them has its own theme. At the same time, ships are depicted on the lower denominations, great Greeks are depicted on the middle denominations, and images from history and mythology are depicted on the higher denominations.

On small coins of 1, 2 and 5 euro cents, Greek ships are depicted. The obverse of 1 cent is decorated with the image of the Athenian trireme, the largest, fastest and most maneuverable warship of the ancient Greeks. The 2 cent coin depicts The corvette was a Greek warship used in the Greek War of Independence (1821-1827). The national side of the 5 cents is decorated with a modern sea tanker, symbolizing the advanced trends in the development of Greek navigation.

The obverse of 10, 20 and 50 euro cents is decorated with portraits of famous Greeks. The 10 cent depicts Rigas Fereos (c. 1757-1798), also known as Rigas Velestinlis or Rigas Konstandinos, a Greek national hero, revolutionary poet and one of the first participants in the Greek Enlightenment. The obverse of the 20 cents depicts John Capidostrius, the first ruler of independent Greece (1827-1831). The 50-cent coin is decorated with a portrait of Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos (1864-1936), a famous Greek politician, in 1910-1933. served several times as prime minister.

The national side of the 1 euro is decorated with an owl depicted on an Athenian tetradrachm of the 5th century BC. BC e. Tetradrachma is an ancient Greek silver coin with a face value of 4 drachmas and weighing from 15.5 to 17 g, depending on the monetary system. Thus, the tetradrachm of the Phoenician-Rhodian monetary system had the smallest weight, and the largest - in the Attic monetary system. The minting of the tetradrachm began in Athens around 510 BC. e. It was also in the monetary circulation of Judea and Ancient Rome and was equal to 3 Roman denarii.
The 2 euro coin depicts a fragment of a Spartan mosaic from the 3rd century BC. BC e. with a scene from ancient Greek mythology. Zeus in the form of a bull kidnaps the daughter of the Phoenician king, the beautiful Europa.

Depicting ships on Greek coins is a long tradition. Right - 50 drachmas 2000 from aluminum-bronze alloy Europe is named after her. In the upper left part of the obverse of the coin above the image there is an inscription in Greek: EYPHnH (EUROPE). It is worth noting that on the national side of the Greek coins the denomination designation is duplicated, however, in Greek. At the same time, the name of the change unit "cent" is translated as "mite" - this was the name of the ancient Greek copper coin. At the beginning of the XIX century. the mite was a bargaining unit for the Greek phoenix, and from 1832 - already the drachma.

Euro coins of other countries

Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Ireland
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
Portugal
San Marino
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Vatican

Coins of Greece euro in the catalog are presented divided by historical periods, indicating the main characteristics and differences by type.
Inside the sections, the coins are sorted by denomination - from large to small.
The value of the coins is approximate. Most often, it is simply the price for which I once bought this particular coin. You can use it to estimate similar coins (of the same type), but remember that the value is affected by many factors, such as condition and minting date. The price of coins of even the same type can vary greatly depending on the number of surviving examples.
Coins of Greece euro presented on this page are not sold or bought - this is only a catalog.