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Greek euro coins dated 2002 without these mint marks were produced in Athens, Greece. All Greek euro coins bear the standard Greek mint mark symbol of the Athens mint. Greece (2002–present) Athens Stylised acanthus leaf: Italy: Rome R: Letter: Lithuania: Vilnius Lietuvos monetų kalykla (Lithuanian Mint House, LMK) logo: Luxembourg (2002–2004)
The euro came into existence on 1 January 1999. [2] It had been a goal of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors since the 1960s. [2] The Maastricht Treaty entered into force in 1993 with the goal of creating economic and monetary union by 1999 for all EU states except the United Kingdom and Denmark (even though Denmark has a fixed exchange rate policy with the euro).
There were originally 30 proposed designs for a symbol for Europe's new common currency; the Commission short-listed these to ten candidates. These ten were put to a public survey. The President of the European Commission at the time ( Jacques Santer ) and the European Commissioner with responsibility for the euro ( Yves-Thibault de Silguy ...
A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used to denote a currency unit. Usually it is defined by a monetary authority, such as the national central bank for the currency concerned. A symbol may be positioned in various ways, according to national convention: before, between or after the numeric amounts: €2.50, 2,50€ and 2 50.
Greek euro coins: Based on a 5th-century BC four-drachma coin from Athens. The coin is of an owl (a symbol of Athens) with an olive branch to the top left. The outline of the old coin is still shown and the value of the euro in the Greek alphabet, 1 ΕΥΡΩ, is shown on the right-hand side.
According to Numista, “The Portuguese Mint struck 107,000 One Euro coins in 2008 with the incorrect reverse. The Old Map was used instead of the New Map. Some of them were recovered and it is ...
The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the 27 member states of the European Union. This group of states is officially known as the euro area or, more commonly, the eurozone. The euro is divided into 100 euro cents. [6] [7]
German euro coins have three separate designs for the three series of coins. The 1-cent, 2-cent and 5-cent coins were designed by Rolf Lederbogen [ de ] , the design for the 10-cent, 20-cent and 50-cent coins were designed by Reinhard Heinsdorff [ de ] and the 1- and 2-euro coins were done by Heinz Hoyer [ de ] and Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer .