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Document C/2024/03943
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
PUB/2024/508
OJ C, C/2024/3943, 20.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3943/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
Official Journal |
EN C series |
C/2024/3943 |
20.6.2024 |
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
(C/2024/3943)
National side of the new commemorative 2-euro coin intended for circulation and issued by Greece
Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing the public and all parties who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs of all new coins (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of 10 February 2009 (2), euro-area Member States and countries that have concluded a monetary agreement with the European Union providing for the issuing of euro coins are allowed to issue commemorative euro coins intended for circulation, provided that certain conditions are met, particularly that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the same technical characteristics as other 2-euro coins, but their national face features a commemorative design that is highly symbolic in national or European terms.
Issuing country: Greece
Subject of commemoration: 150 years from the birth of Penelope Delta
Description of the design: The design features a portrait of Penelope Delta. The theme is bordered by the wording ‘ΠΗΝΕΛΟΠΗ ΔΕΛΤΑ 1874-1941’ (‘PENELOPE DELTA 1874-1941’) and ‘ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ’ (‘HELLENIC REPUBLIC’). To the left is a palmette (mintmark of the Greek Mint) and to the right the minting year. Penelope Delta was a pioneer of children’s literature in Greece. Generations of Greek children have been raised with her books, which remain popular.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.
Estimated number of coins to be issued: 750 000
Date of issue: July 2024
(1) See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national faces of all the coins issued in 2002.
(2) See the conclusions of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 February 2009 and the Commission Recommendation of 19 December 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 52).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3943/oj
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