Thursday, November 14, 2024

Greece 2004 : Olympic Games in Athens 2004

Issuing State: Greece 

Commemorative feature: Olympic Games in Athens 2004

Factual description of the design: 

The twelve stars of the European Union positioned around the outer circle surround the design of an ancient statue depicting a discobolus in his attempt to throw the discus. The base of the statue covers a small part of the coin's external ring (outer part). To the left is the logo of the Olympic Games ‘ATHENS 2004’ and the five Olympic circles, and to the right, one above the other, are the figure ‘2’ and the word ‘ΕΥΡΩ’. The yearmark is written in split form around the star positioned bottom centre, as follows: 20*04 and the mintmark is above the athlete's head to the left

Issuing volume: max. 50 million coins

 Approximate issuing date: March 2004.




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