A reproduction of an antique tetradrachma (showing an owl) from Athens about 490 BC is accompanied with the face value and encircled by the twelve stars of Europe.
Obverse script
Greek
Obverse lettering
1 ΕΥΡΩ
ΓΣ
2002 (Translation: 1 EURO GS 2002)
Reverse description
A map, next to the face value, shows the gathering of the fifteen states of the European Union
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
1 EURO
LL
Edge
Segmented reeding
Mint
National Mint of the Bank of Greece (Νομισματοκοπείο - ΙΕΤΑ), Athens, Greece(1972-date) S Mint of Finland (Suomen Rahapaja), Vantaa, Finland (1988-date)
Mintage
2002 - - 61 554 945 2002 - BU set - 54 945 2002 - BU set (Dutch Mint - Set; error strike: inscription with 2 instead of 3 lines at top left) - 5 000 2002 S - `S` mark in Star; S for Suomi (Finland) - 50 000 000 2003 - - 11 000 000 2003 - BU set - 99 300 2004 - - 10 000 000 2004 - BU set (Epikourios Apollon`s Temple) - 30 000 2005 - - 10 000 000 2005 - BU set (Ancient coins of Athens) - 50 000 2006 - - 10 000 000 2006 - BU set (Ancient Greek coins) - 50 000