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2 Euros Pattern
| Issuer | Crete |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Composition | Bimetallic: nickel center in nordic gold ring (Goldine) |
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| Obverse description | The bimetallic coin features, in the nickel center, a draped bust in right profile of a classical female figure adorned with an elaborate headdress and flowing hair, rendered in a style evocative of ancient Cretan coinage. The portrait is boldly struck with fine sculptural detail. Surrounding the central disk, the golden outer ring bears twelve stars and the multilingual trial inscriptions TRIAL, PROBE, and ESSAI distributed around the periphery, along with the issuer name CRETE at the base of the ring. |
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| Reverse lettering | 2 E PROVE PROV MUSTER |
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Crete has not been an independent issuing authority in the modern era — it was incorporated into Greece in 1913. A "2 Euros Pattern" attributed to Crete in 2004 falls into the broad and murky category of fantasy pieces: coins struck by private mints or medallion producers and assigned fictional issuers to appeal to collectors. No legitimate Cretan monetary authority existed to authorize this piece.