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100 Euros Olympics - Torch
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Composition | Gold (.999) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 EURO |
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Greece's return of the Olympics to Athens in 2004 generated one of the most extensive modern commemorative coin programs in the country's recent history — the Bank of Greece issued dozens of gold and silver pieces across multiple series in the lead-up to the Games. This particular issue belongs to that broader program, which was partly motivated by national pride but also by the hard commercial logic of collector markets: the Athens Games represented a rare opportunity for a small eurozone nation to issue premium numismatic gold under its own cultural authority after ceding monetary policy to the ECB in 2001.
Struck at .999 fineness rather than the more common .900 used in earlier Greek gold issues.