Greek 100 euros coins

The poorest member of the EU, Greece saw EMU as an essential step towards achieving its strategic and economic ambitions. In spite of the euro's weakness when Greece entered the euro-zone on January 1 2001, opinion polls showed that some 70 per cent of Greeks were in favour of membership. There was little attachment to the drachma, as europe's second-oldest currency was linked in Greek minds with economic and political backwardness. Greece leveraged the euro to encourage foreign direct investment with a view to the country becoming a business and transport hub, linking south-east Europe with EU markets.

The following 100 euros coins have circulated in Greece since the introduction of the Common European Currency on January 1, 2002:

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Obverse of Greek 100 euros coin /images/currency/KM-pending/KM-22_2012a.jpg
100 euros - Centennial of the Balkan Wars, 1912-2012

The Balkan Wars occupy a central place in the history of modern Greece. Their victorious outcome for Greece led to the liberaion from Otoman rule of historic Greek territories, doubling the size of the Greek State. The First Balkan War saw the liberaion ...

Diameter 22.1 mm
Weight 7.9881 gr
Composition Gold (91,67%)
Edge Plain
Year Mintage Price Shop
2012 - Proof 1,500 pieces - View
Obverse of Greek 100 euros coin /images/currency/KM-pending/KM-21_2012a.jpg
100 euros - Centennial of the liberation of Thessaloniki, 1912-2012

Since its foundation in Hellenistic times, Thessaloniki has always been an important centre of Hellenism. Thanks to its strategic position, the city assumed an increasingly pivotal role in the Balkans as a multi-ethnic and multicultural crossroads, both ...

Diameter 22.1 mm
Weight 7.9881 gr
Composition Gold (91,67%)
Edge Plain
Year Mintage Price Shop
2012 - Proof 1,500 pieces - View
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100 euros - Panathenean Stadium - Special Olympics 2011

The 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games were held during Summer 2011 in Athens, Greece, from 25 June to 4 July 2011. The coin shows the Panathinaiko Stadium, a marble stadium (Kallimarmaron) located on the Ardettos hill in Athens. In 1896, when the ...

Diameter 22.1 mm
Weight 7.9881 gr
Composition Gold Au 916,67 / 1000, Cu remainder
Edge Plain
Other information Legend: XIII SPECIAL OLYMPICS W.S.G. ATHENS 2011 - HELLENIC REPUBLIC
Year Mintage Price Shop
2011 - Proof 1,000 pieces - View
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100 euros - Academy - Series F

Athens 2004 Olympic Games
The Academy was the foremost intellectual institution of modern Greece, its mission being to promote the Arts and Sciences. The first discussions regarding its establishment took place during the meeting of the National ...

Krause - Mishler #207
Diameter 25 mm
Weight 10 gr
Composition Gold 999.9 (24K)
Edge Smooth
Other information Engraver: Panayiotis Gravalos - Reliefs: Kostas Kazakos
Year Mintage Price Shop
2004 - Proof 28,000 pieces - View
Obverse of Greek 100 euros coin /images/currency/KM300/KM204_2004a.jpg
100 euros - Acropolis - Series E

Athens 2004 Olympic Games
The Acropolis of Athens, is one of the most glorious creations of humankind. It was constructed between 447 and 432 bC and was originally painted in vivid reds and blues, but the marble pillars gradually lost their paint ...

Krause - Mishler #204
Diameter 25 mm
Weight 10 gr
Composition Gold 999.9 (24K)
Edge Smooth
Other information Engraver: Panayiotis Gravalos - Reliefs: Kostas Kazakos
Year Mintage Price Shop
2004 - Proof 28,000 pieces - View
Obverse of Greek 100 euros coin /images/currency/KM300/KM201_2003a.jpg
100 euros - Zappeion - Series D

Athens 2004 Olympic Games
Zappeion is an Athenian mansion built at the expense of the Greek public benefactor Evangelos Zappas (1800 - 1865) to serve as the venue for Greek artistic, agricultural and industrial fairs. Harilaos Trikoupis later (1887) ...

Krause - Mishler #201
Diameter 25 mm
Weight 10 gr
Composition Gold 999.9 (24K)
Edge Smooth
Other information Engraver: Panayiotis Gravalos - Reliefs: Kostas Kazakos
Year Mintage Price Shop
2003 - Proof 28,000 pieces - View
Obverse of Greek 100 euros coin /images/currency/KM200/KM198_2003a.jpg
100 euros - Panathenean Stadium - Series C

Athens 2004 Olympic Games
The Panathenean stadium is a beautiful marble stadium (Kallimarmaron) located on the Ardettos hill in Athens, where once stood the ancient stadium which is believed to have been built around 330 B.C and was used for the ...

Krause - Mishler #198
Diameter 25 mm
Weight 10 gr
Composition Gold 999.9 (24K)
Edge Smooth
Other information Engraver: Panayiotis Gravalos - Reliefs: Kostas Kazakos
Year Mintage Price Shop
2003 - Proof 28,000 pieces - View
Obverse of Greek 100 euros coin /images/currency/KM200/KM195_2003a.jpg
100 euros - Krypte archway - Series B

Athens 2004 Olympic Games
The enchanting setting of ancient Olympia was chosen by the ancient Greeks as the place where the most glorious and renowned pan-Hellenic games in antiquity were held, which gave birth to the modern Olympic Games. The entire ...

Krause - Mishler #195
Diameter 25 mm
Weight 10 gr
Composition Gold 999.9 (24K)
Edge Smooth
Other information Engraver: Panayiotis Gravalos - Reliefs: Kostas Kazakos
Year Mintage Price Shop
2003 - Proof 28,000 pieces - View
Obverse of Greek 100 euros coin /images/currency/KM200/KM192_2003a.jpg
100 euros - Palace of Minos at Knossoss - Series A

Athens 2004 Olympic Games
On the large island of Crete, first inhabited in the Neolithic era around 6000 B.C., a glorious culture developed that became known as the Minoan civilization (2600-1100 B.C.). The most glorious monument of this civilization ...

Krause - Mishler #192
Diameter 25 mm
Weight 10 gr
Composition Gold 999.9 (24K)
Edge Smooth
Other information Engraver: Panayiotis Gravalos - Reliefs: Kostas Kazakos
Year Mintage Price Shop
2003 - Proof 28,000 pieces - View
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Euro collector coin issues

According to the Conclusions of the Ecofin Council meeting on January 31, 2000, to ensure that Euro collector coins will be readily distinguishable from Euro coins intended for circulation, the coins must bide to the following rules:

  • The face value of collector coins should be different from that of the coins intended for circulation (i.e. Euro coins cannot have a face value equal to the 8 denominations: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 Euro cent and 1 and 2 Euro)
  • Collector coins should not use images, which are similar to the common sides of the euro coins intended for circulation. Furthermore, as far as possible, the designs used should also be at least slightly different from those of the national sides of circulation coins
  • Out of colour, diameter and thickness, euro collector coins should differ significantly from the coins intended for circulation in two respects
    1. Collector coins should not have a shaped edge with fine scallops, or "Spanish flower"
    2. The identity of the issuing Member State should be clearly and easily recognisable

Euro collector coins may be sold at or above face value and the approval for the volume of collector coins issue should be sought on an aggregate basis rather than for each individual issue. With respect to collector coins' denominations, that may coincide with the low denominations of euro banknotes, there does not seem to exist any significant risk of substitution. However, Member States should stand ready to consider any demands by the ECB on this matter. While Euro collector coins will have legal tender status in the issuing Member State, the competent authorities (NCBs, Mints or other institutions) should set up temporary arrangements through which owners of euro collector coins issued in other euro area Member States can receive the face value of those coins while bearing the costs related to this transaction.