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2 Euros Olympic Games
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | ATHENS 2004 2 ΕΥΡΩ 20 04 (Translation: ATHENS 2004 2 ΕURO 20 04) |
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| Edge | Reeded with lettering. |
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Greece was granted the 2004 Summer Olympics partly on the strength of Athens having hosted the inaugural modern Games in 1896, making the return a deliberate centennial gesture — delayed by eight years due to the 1996 Centennial Games being awarded to Atlanta instead, a decision that caused considerable diplomatic friction with the Greek government. This commemorative was issued specifically for the Athens games, one of the few instances where a eurozone member state's commemorative 2 euro directly intersected with a live international sporting event on home soil.