2006 AD., Greece, 10 Lepta / Euro Cent, Athens mint, KM 184.
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Greece, Athens mint, engravers Georgios Stamatopoulos (obverse), Luc Luycx (reverse), 2006 AD.,
10 Lepta / Euro Cent (19,8 mm / 4,10 g), "Nordic gold" alloy (89% copper, 5% aluminium, 5% zinc, and 1% tin), 4,10 g theor. mint weight, mintage 45.000.000 (50.000 in sets), medal alignment ↑↑ (0°) , dented edge,
Obv.: 10 / ΛΕΠΤΑ / 2006 / ΡHΓAΣ ΦEPAIOΣ / ΓΣ , bust of Rigas Feraios 3/4 right, his name in Greek letters on breast, date left, mint mark (stylized acanthus leaf / "Anthemion flower") and value right, twelve stars of Europe around.
Rev.: 10 EURO / CENT / LL , a map of Europe (1st map type, separated countries) on the left, six fine lines cut through the sea, breaking when passing through the map, and at their ends at the top and bottom are twelve stars (reflective of the flag of Europe). To the right, in raised lettering, is "10 Euro Cent" with the '10' being shown much larger than the words. The designers initials, LL (Luc Luycx), appear next to the 0 in 10.
KM 184 . (from circulation)
Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
2002 140,000,000
2002 54,945 In Sets only
2002 5,000 In Sets only (Dutch Mint - Set; error strike: false inscription with 2 instead of 3 lines at top left)
2002 F 100,000,000 "F" mark in Star
2003 600,000
2003 99,300 In Sets only
2004 10,000,000
2004 30,000 In Sets only
2005 25,000,000
2005 50,000 In Sets only
2006 45.000.000
2006 50.000 In Sets only
Rigas Feraios (or Rhegas Pheraeos) or Rigas Velestinlis (or Rhegas Velestinles), born Αντώνιος ΚυÏιαζής, Antonios Kyriazis; (1757 – June 13, 1798) was a Greek writer, political thinker and revolutionary, active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a Greek national hero, a victim of the Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a forerunner of the Greek War of Independence.
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