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Greece, 2 euro Bi-metallic, 25.75 mm., 8.5 g. Категории:. Obverse The design features the Hellenic Parliament building, surrounded by the wording ‘50 ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΜΕΤΑΠΟΛΙΤΕΥΣΗ’ (‘50 YEARS FROM THE RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY IN GREECE’) and ‘ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ’ (‘HELLENIC REPUBLIC’). Below is inscribed a palmette (mintmark of the Greek Mint). The fall of the colonels’ junta on 24 July 1974 marked the restoration of democracy in Greece following a seven-year dictatorship. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag. Script: Greek Lettering: 50 XPONIA AΠO TH METAΠOΛITEYΣH ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ 1974 2024 ΣTAM Designer: Geórgios Stamatópoulos Reverse A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean. 12 stars are located on the right side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.
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