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
2009
Reverse description
A map of Western Europe, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders
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)
Mintage
2007 - - 9 975 000 2007 - BU set (Ancient coins of the Aegean Sea) - 15 000 2008 - - 4 025 000 2008 - BU set (Ancient coins of Thrace, Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus and Peloponnese) - 25 000 2009 - - 17 975 000 2009 - BU set (Theran Ship) - 25 000 2010 - - 10 975 000 2010 - BU set (Athenian triere) - 25 000 2011 - - 965 000 2011 - BU set (XIII Special Olympics World Summer Games) - 35 000 2011 - Proof - 2 500 2012 - In BU Sets only (Santorini) - 30 000 2012 - Proof - 2 500 2013 - In BU Sets only (Mykonos - Delos) - 20 000 2013 - Proof - 4 000 2014 - In BU Sets only (Thrace) - 13 000 2014 - Proof - 2 500 2015 - In BU Sets only (Epirus) - 15 000 2015 - Proof - 2 000 2016 - In BU Sets only (Peloponese) - 15 000 2016 - Proof - 2 000 2017 - In BU Sets only (Crete) - 15 000 2017 - Proof - 1 200 2018 - In BU Sets only (Rhodes) - 15 000 2018 - Proof - 2 000 2019 - In BU Sets only (Samos) - 10 000 2019 - Proof - 1 500 2020 - In BU Sets only (Lesbos) - 10 000 2021 - In BU Sets only (Naxos) - 10 000 2022 - In BU Sets only (Chios) - 7 500 2023 - - 2023 - BU - 7 500