HomeFleur-de-coin.comEurozoneMember statesGreeceCommemorative euros Greek Commemorative coins The following 2 euro commemortaive coins were issued in greece since the introduction of the Common European Currency on January 1, 2002. Common specifications Diameter 25.75 mm Thickness 2.2 mm Weight 8.5 gr Composition BiAlloy (Nk/Ng), ring Cupronickel (75% copper - 25% nickel clad on nickel core), center Nickel brass Edge Edge lettering (Hellenic Republic), fine milled Results 1 - 10 of 16Page 12View All 2 euros - Archaeological City of Filippi Philippi was a city in eastern Macedoniaand its original name was Crenides after its establishment by Thasian colonists in 360/359 BC. The city was renamed by Philip II of Macedon in 356 BC and abandoned in the 14th century after the Ottoman conquest. ... [ More ] Krause - Mishler N/A Other information Designer: George Stamatopoulos Year Mintage Price Shop 2017 744,000 pieces € 3.92 Buy 2 euros - Nikos Kazantzakis The coin marks the 60th year since the death of Nikos Kazantzakis. Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957) was a Greek writer, celebrated for his novels, which include Zorba the Greek, Christ Recrucified (1948), Captain Michalis (1950, translated 'Freedom or Death), ... [ More ] Krause - Mishler N/A Other information N/A Year Mintage Price Shop 2017 742,000 pieces € 3.92 Buy 2 euros - Dimitris Mitropoulos The coin is dedicated to the 120 years of the birth of Dimitris Mitropoulos. Dimitris Mitropoulos was born in Athens on March 1, 1896 and died in Milan on November 2, 1960. He is one of the most prestigious conductors of the twentieth century and possessed ... [ More ] Krause - Mishler N/A Other information Designer: Georgios Stamatopoulos Year Mintage Price Shop 2016 742,500 pieces € 4.13 Buy 2 euros - Arkadi Monastery The coin marks the 150th anniversary of the arson of the Arkadi Monastery. The original title of the coin was "150 Years of the Holocaust in the Monastery of Arkadi" (which is the way the event is referred to in Greece), but was later changed. The monastery ... [ More ] Krause - Mishler N/A Other information Designer: Georgios Stamatopoulos Year Mintage Price Shop 2016 742,500 pieces - View 2 euros - 75 Years since the Death of Spyridon Louis In a last minute change, Greece changed the theme of the 2-euro commemorative coin for 2015 from "75th Anniversary of the October 28, 1940," to "75th Anniversary of the death of the Athlete Spiridon Louis ". Spiridon Louis was a Greek water-carrier who ... [ More ] Krause - Mishler N/A Other information N/A Year Mintage Price Shop 2015 750,000 pieces - View 2 euros - 30th anniversary of the EU flag In July 2015, the 19 euro-area countries jointly issued a commemorative euro coin celebrating 30 years of the EU flag. Regardless of the country, it bears the same design on the national side, normally reserved for a motif specific to that country. This ... [ More ] Krause - Mishler N/A Other information Designer: Georgios Stamatopoulos Year Mintage Price Shop 2015 750,000 pieces - View 2 euros - Union of the Ionian Islands with Greece The coin celebrates the 150th Anniversary of the Union of the Ionian Islands with Greece. The Ionian Islands are a group of islands in Greece, traditionally called the Heptanese, i.e. "the Seven Islands". From 1204, the Republic of Venice controlled ... [ More ] Krause - Mishler N/A Other information Designer: M. Antonatou Year Mintage Price Shop 2014 750,000 pieces - View 2 euros - 400 Years since the Death of El Greco El Greco, born Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541 – 7 April 1614), was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname, a reference to his national Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings ... [ More ] Krause - Mishler N/A Other information Designer: M. Antonatou Year Mintage Price Shop 2014 750,000 pieces € 4.73 Buy 2 euros - Union of Crete with Greece The Cretan State was established in 1898, following the intervention by the Great Powers (Britain, France, Italy and Russia) on the island of Crete. In 1897 an insurrection in Crete led the Ottoman Empire to declare war on Greece, which led Great Britain, ... [ More ] Krause - Mishler #253 Other information Issued in July 2013 Year Mintage Price Shop 2013 750,000 pieces - View 2 euros - Founding of the Platonic Academy The Academy was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years before founding his own school, the Lyceum. The Academy persisted throughout the Hellenistic period as a skeptical school, until coming to an end after ... [ More ] Krause - Mishler #252 Other information Issued on 8 July 2013 Year Mintage Price Shop 2013 750,000 pieces € 4.66 Buy Results 1 - 10 of 16Page 12View All Greek currency Euros - the circulating euro coins from greece Commemoratives - 2 euro coins honoring people and events Colored - 2 euro coins with artificial colors BU sets - official blisters issued in greece