It was designed by Iktinos, architect of the Temple of Hephaestus and the Parthenon and the ancient writer Pausanias praises the temple as eclipsing all others but the temple of Athena at Tegea by the beauty of its stone and the harmony of its construction.Ģ005 Official Issue Hellenic Coin Set: The Official Blister 2005 is dedicated to the 'Ancient coins of Athens”. Bassae (Latin) or Bassai (meaning 'little vale in the rocks') hosts the temple of Apollo Epikourios ('Apollo the helper'). It contains the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cent coins and 1, 2 euros (BU). Greek euro coins feature a unique design for every one of the eight coins and they were all designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos.Ģ004 Official Issue Hellenic Coin Set: The Official 2004 Blister is dedicated to the 'Epikourios Apollo’s temple” and it was issued in May 2005 with a mintage of 30,000 pieces. It contains the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cent coins and 1, 2 euros. The only visible difference between the Greek and the Dutch version of the blister is the issuing authority, namely the Greek ministry of Economy and the Greek ministry of Economics and Finance respectively.Ģ003 Official Issue Hellenic Coin Set: The Official Blister 2003 was issued in June 2003. Greek euro coins feature a unique design for every one of the eight coins and they were all designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos.Ģ002 Official Issue Hellenic Coin Set produced by the Duch Mint: The Dutch version of the Greek Blister 2002 was issued in 2002 with a mintage of only 5,000 pieces. The coin is issued in bankrolls and the above mint sets:Ģ002 Official Issue Hellenic Coin Set: The Official Blister 2002 was issued on 31 October 2002 with a mintage of 50,000 pieces. Monnaie de Paris, Pessac, France (1973-date)

Luycx is a computer engineer, and medallist living in Dendermonde, Belgium, and has worked for the Royal Belgian Mint for 15 years. Luc Luycx is the designer of the common side of the euro coins.

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