Greece 2 Euro "Crete" 2013 UNC
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• Special 2 euro coin in honor of Crete's accession to the Greek Kingdom in 1913.
• After a long Ottoman domination, Crete was independent on paper since 1898. But to definitively get rid of Ottoman influence, the population chose to join Greece.
• The coin shows proud Cretan waving the Greek flag.