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Greek euros with mintmarks

On January 1, 1999 eleven European member states adopted the euro as their formal currency and started producing the required coins and banknotes in order to replace their national currencies by January 1, 2002. The only member state that did not meet the economic criteria to join the new european currency was Greece. Following a delay of exactly two years, Greece was also accepted into the Eurozone by the European Council's Decision of June 19, 2000. Because of the delay, however, it became impossible for the Hellenic Mint to produce 1300 million euro coins in time for the January 1, 2002 changeover to the new currency. The officials decided to order 500 million coins from abroad (Spain, Finland and France) and these coins feature two different mintmarks: the anthemion flower, which can be found on all the Greek modern coins and a small letter indicating the mint in which the coin was struck.

  • Mintmark "S": Finland (Suomi) on the 1 and 2 euro coins
  • Mintmark "E": Spain (Espana) on the 20 cent coins
  • Mintmark "F": France on the 1, 2, 5, 10 and 50 cent coins
  • Anthemion flower:
    Anthemion flower
Mintmark positions

Numbered stars

The lettered mintmarks can be found in different positions on each coin, but always inside a star close to the date. The picture on the left numbers each star and will help you locate the mintmark.
  • Letter "S" can be found inside star No7
  • Letter "F" can be found inside star No3, No9, No11
  • Letter "E" can be found inside star No9
Picture of a 2 euros coin
EUR 2

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KM#: 188
Diameter (mm): 25.75
Thickness (mm): 2.20
Weight (g): 8.50
Shape: Round
Colour: Outer part: white; inner part: yellow
Issue date: 2002
Composition: Outer part: copper-nickel; inner part: three layers: nickel brass, nickel, nickel brass
Edge: Edge lettering, fine milled
Mintmark: The coin was produced in Helsinki-Vantaa (Finland) and features the letter "S" (Suomi) which can be found on the 7th star
DateMintage
200270,000,000
Picture of a 1 euro coin
EUR 1

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KM#: 187
Diameter (mm): 23.25
Thickness (mm): 2.33
Weight (g): 7.50
Shape: Round
Colour: Outer part: yellow; inner part: white
Issue date: 2002
Composition: Outer part: nickel brass; inner part: three layers: copper-nickel, nickel, copper-nickel
Edge: Interrupted milled
Mintmark: The coin was produced in Helsinki-Vantaa (Finland) and features the letter "S" (Suomi) which can be found on the 7th star
DateMintage
200250,000,000
Picture of a 50 cents coin
50 c

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KM#: 186
Diameter (mm): 24.25
Thickness (mm): 2.38
Weight (g): 7.80
Shape: Round
Colour: Yellow
Issue date: 2002
Composition: Nordic gold
Edge: Shaped edge with fine scallops
Mintmark: The coin was produced in Pessac (France) and features the letter "F" which can be found on the 9th star
DateMintage
200270,000,000
Picture of a 20 cents coin
20 c

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KM#: 185
Diameter (mm): 22.25
Thickness (mm): 2.14
Weight (g): 5.74
Shape: Spanish flower shape
Colour: Yellow
Issue date: 2002
Composition: Nordic gold
Edge: Plain
Mintmark: The coin was produced in Madrid (Spain) and features the letter "E" (Espana) which can be found on the 9th star
DateMintage
2002120,000,000
Picture of a 10 cents coin
10 c

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KM#: 184
Diameter (mm): 19.75
Thickness (mm): 1.93
Weight (g): 4.10
Shape: Round
Colour: Yellow
Issue date: 2002
Composition: Nordic gold
Edge: Shaped edge with fine scallops
Mintmark: The coin was produced in Pessac (France) and features the letter "F" which can be found on the 9th star
DateMintage
2002100,000,000
Picture of a 5 cents coin
5 c

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KM#: 183
Diameter (mm): 21.25
Thickness (mm): 1.67
Weight (g): 3.92
Shape: Round
Colour: Red
Issue date: 2002
Composition: Copper-covered steel
Edge: Smooth
Mintmark: The coin was produced in Pessac (France) and features the letter "F" which can be found on the 3rd star
DateMintage
200290,000,000
Picture of a 2 cents coin
2 c

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KM#: 182
Diameter (mm): 18.75
Thickness (mm): 1.67
Weight (g): 3.06
Shape: Round
Colour: Red
Issue date: 2002
Composition: Copper-covered steel
Edge: Smooth with a groove
Mintmark: The coin was produced in Pessac (France) and features the letter "F" which can be found on the 3rd star
DateMintage
200218,000,000
Picture of a 1 cent coin
1 c

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KM#: 181
Diameter (mm): 16.25
Thickness (mm): 1.67
Weight (g): 2.30
Shape: Round
Colour: Red
Issue date: 2002
Composition: Copper covered steel
Edge: Smooth
Mintmark: The coin was produced in Pessac (France) and features the letter "F" which can be found on the 11th star
DateMintage
200215,000,000

Nordic gold: 89% copper + 5% aluminium + 5% zinc + 1% stain