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5 Euros Cinereous vulture
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) in full flight, rendered in high relief against a coloured background featuring a naturalistic landscape of green hills, a golden sun, and blue sky and mountains. The upper field carries the legend ΑΠΕΙΛΟΥΜΕΝΑ ΖΩΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ (Endangered Animals of Greece) in Greek along the rim, with the species name ΜΑΥΡΟΓΥΠΑΣ Aegypius monachus inscribed in smaller lettering beneath. The date 2025 and the denomination 5 ΕΥΡΩ appear in the lower field, with a small mint mark in the form of a fleur-de-lis visible to the left of the date. |
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Greece's cinereous vulture (*Aegypius monachus*) population, once critically depleted across Europe, survived largely because of a breeding colony in the Dadia forest reserve in Thrace — a site that became central to EU-funded conservation efforts beginning in the 1990s. The species was functionally extinct in most of Western Europe by the late twentieth century, persisting in Greece as one of its last mainland strongholds.
The .333 fineness places this squarely in the billon category rather than the collector silver issues Greece has produced at higher purities — a cost-conscious choice that keeps the series accessible while maintaining a nominal precious metal content.