A modern commercial boat, a sea-going tanker, reflecting the innovative spirit of Greek shipping accompanied with the face value and encircled by the twelve stars of Europe.
Obverse script
Greek
Obverse lettering
5 ΛΕΠΤΑ
2002
ΓΣ (Translation: 5 Cents 2002 GS)
Reverse description
A globe, next to the face value, shows Europe in relation to Africa and Asia.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
5 EURO
CENT LL
Edge
Smooth
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 - - 211 000 000 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 F - `F` mark in Star - 90 000 000 2003 - - 750 000 2003 - BU set - 99 300 2004 - - 250 000 2004 - BU set (Epikourios Apollo’s temple) - 30 000 2005 - - 1 000 000 2005 - BU set (Ancient coins of Athens) - 50 000 2006 - - 50 000 000 2006 - BU set (Ancient Greek coins) - 50 000 2007 - - 55 005 598 2007 - BU set (Ancient coins of the Aegean Sea) - 25 000 2008 - - 50 000 000 2008 - BU set (Ancient coins of Thrace, Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus and Peloponnese) - 25 000 2009 - - 38 000 000 2009 - BU set (Theran Ship) - 25 000 2010 - - 5 000 000 2010 - BU set (Athenian triere) - 25 000 2011 - - 34 000 000 2011 - BU set (XIII Special Olympics World Summer Games) - 35 000 2011 - Proof - 2 500 2012 - - 1 000 000 2012 - BU set (Santorini) - 32 500 2012 - Proof - 2 500 2013 - BU set (Mykonos - Delos) - 20 000 2013 - Proof - 4 000 2014 - - 18 000 000 2014 - BU set (Thrace) - 13 000 2014 - Proof - 2 500 2015 - - 10 000 000 2015 - BU set (Epirus) - 15 000 2015 - Proof - 2 000 2016 - - 27 000 000 2016 - BU set (Peloponnese) - 15 000 2016 - Proof - 2 000 2017 - - 8 000 000 2017 - BU set (Crete) - 15 000 2017 - Proof - 1 200 2018 - Another type from 2018, see comments - 15 000 000 2018 - BU set (Rhodes) - 15 000 2018 - Proof - 2 000 2019 - - 36 000 000 2019 - BU set (Samos) - 10 000 2019 - Proof - 1 500 2020 - - 13 000 000 2020 - BU set (Lesbos) - 10 000 2021 - - 16 000 000 2021 - BU set (Naxos) - 10 000 2022 - - 2022 - BU set (Chios) - 7 500 2023 - BU - 7 500