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Depiction of Greek euro coinage | Obverse side €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 An Athenian trireme of the 5th century BC A corvette of the early 19th century A modern tanker, symbol of Greek enterprise €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 Rigas Feraios, Greek writer and revolutionary Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greece's first statesman Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek politician
Greek euro coins dated 2002 without these mint marks were produced in Athens, Greece. All Greek euro coins bear the standard Greek mint mark symbol of the Athens mint. Greece (2002–present) Athens Stylised acanthus leaf: Italy: Rome R: Letter: Lithuania: Vilnius Lietuvos monetų kalykla (Lithuanian Mint House, LMK) logo: Luxembourg (2002–2004)
The euro sign (€) is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the eurozone. The design was presented to the public by the European Commission on 12 December 1996. It consists of a stylized letter E (or epsilon ), crossed by two lines instead of one.
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The euro came into existence on 1 January 1999. [2] It had been a goal of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors since the 1960s. [2] The Maastricht Treaty entered into force in 1993 with the goal of creating economic and monetary union by 1999 for all EU states except the United Kingdom and Denmark (even though Denmark has a fixed exchange rate policy with the euro).
Greek euro coins: Based on a 5th-century BC four-drachma coin from Athens. The coin is of an owl (a symbol of Athens) with an olive branch to the top left. The outline of the old coin is still shown and the value of the euro in the Greek alphabet, 1 ΕΥΡΩ, is shown on the right-hand side.
Greek euro coins: A depiction of the abduction of Europa by Zeus, in the form of a bull, shown in a 3rd-century Spartan mosaic. Europa was a Phoenician in Greek mythology, whose name, is the origin of the continent's name, "Europe". The value of the euro in the Greek alphabet, 2 ΕΥΡΩ, is shown below the motif. The mint's mark is to the top ...
All the notes of the initial series of euro notes bear the European flag, a map of the continent on the reverse, the name "euro" in both Latin and Greek script (EURO / ΕΥΡΩ) and the signature of a president of the ECB, depending on when the banknote was printed. [17] [18] The 12 stars from the flag are also incorporated into every note. [17 ...