A portrait of Ioannis Capodistrias (1776-1831), a leading national and European politician and diplomat who became the first Governor of Greece (1830-31) following the Greek War of Independence (1821-27) accompanied with a legend indicating his name `Ι. Καποδίστριας` and the face value and is encircled by the twelve stars of Europe.
A map, next to the face value, symbolizes the gathering of the fifteen nations of the European Union.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
20
LL
EURO
CENT
Edge
Smooth with seven indentations (`Spanish flower`)
Mint
National Mint of the Bank of Greece (Νομισματοκοπείο - ΙΕΤΑ), Athens, Greece(1972-date) Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date) E Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda), Madrid, Spain (1591-date)
Mintage
2002 - - 209 000 000 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 E - `E` mark in Star - 120 000 000 2003 - - 800 000 2003 - BU set - 99 300 2004 - - 500 000 2004 - BU set - 30 000 2005 - - 1 000 000 2005 - BU set - 50 000 2006 - - 1 000 000 2006 - BU set - 50 000
