| Issuer | Greece |
| Year | 2002-2023 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 2 Euro Cents |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Copper plated steel |
| Weight | 3.06 g |
| Dimensions | 18.75 mm |
| Thickness | 1.67 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Areti Michelioudaki, Geórgios Stamatópoulos Reverse: Luc Luycx |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#182, Schön#132 |
| Obverse description | A corvette, a type of ship/boat used during the Greek War of Independence (1821-27), is accompanied with the face value and encircled by the twelve stars of Europe |
| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | 2002
ΓΣ
2 ΛΕΠΤΑ (Translation: 2002 GS 2 Cents) |
| Reverse description | A globe, next to the face value, shows Europe in relation to Africa and Asia |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 2 EURO CENT LL |
| Edge | Smooth with a groove running circumferentially around the edge |
| Mint | National Mint of the Bank of Greece (Νομισματοκοπείο - ΙΕΤΑ), Athens, Greece(1972-date) Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date) F Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
| Mintage | 2002 - - 176 000 000 2002 - BU set - 54 945 2002 - In Sets only (Dutch Mint - Set; error strike: inscription with 2 instead of 3 lines at top left) - 5 000 2002 F - `F` mark in Star - 18 000 000 2003 - - 9 500 000 2003 - BU set - 99 300 2004 - - 25 000 000 2004 - BU set (Epikourios Apollo’s temple) - 30 000 2005 - - 15 000 000 2005 - BU set (Ancient coins of Athens) - 50 000 2006 - - 45 000 000 2006 - BU set (Ancient Greek coins) - 50 000 2007 - - 25 000 103 2007 - BU set (Ancient coins of the Aegean Sea) - 25 000 2008 - - 68 000 000 2008 - BU set (Ancient coins of Thrace, Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus and Peloponnese) - 25 000 2009 - - 16 000 000 2009 - BU set (Theran Ship) - 25 000 2010 - - 32 000 000 2010 - BU set (Athenian triere) - 25 000 2011 - - 47 000 000 2011 - BU set (XIII Special Olympics World Summer Games) - 35 000 2011 - Proof - 2 500 2012 - - 34 000 000 2012 - BU set (Santorini) - 32 500 2012 - Proof - 2 500 2013 - - 40 980 000 2013 - BU set (Mykonos - Delos) - 20 000 2013 - Proof - 4 000 2014 - - 18 700 000 2014 - BU set (Thrace) - 13 000 2014 - Proof - 4 000 2015 - - 32 000 000 2015 - BU set (Epirus) - 15 000 2015 - Proof - 2 000 2016 - - 52 000 000 2016 - BU set (Peloponnese) - 15 000 2016 - Proof - 2 000 2017 - - 34 000 000 2017 - BU set (Crete) - 15 000 2017 - Proof - 1 200 2018 - Another type from 2018 - 14 000 000 2018 - BU set (Rhodes) - 15 000 2018 - Proof - 2 000 2019 - - 35 000 000 2019 - BU set (Samos) - 10 000 2019 - Proof - 1 500 2020 - - 43 000 000 2020 - BU set (Lesbos) - 10 000 2021 - - 25 000 000 2021 - BU set (Naxos) - 10 000 2022 - - 2022 - BU set (Chios) - 7 500 2023 - - 2023 - BU - 7 500 |
| Catalog ID | 1421809500 |
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