The more modern belief though is that the city was named first, and Athena rose up as their mascot, since her name doesn’t really fit with typical naming conventions of the time, but moreso with the way places were named.

Could be why she was also named Pallas Athena sometimes.

The euro coins have a “European side” that is the combining factor and a “national side” that is designed by the member states themselves.

Most coins aren’t that interesting - www.muenzen.eu/euromuenzen-rueckseiten.html

I remember when Lira used to make these bimetal coin in a coin things. I remember someone telling me back in my youth that bimetal coins were made of oils coins so they could cut costs but make a coin that worked in vending machines without having to resize the internal change sorters. I never believed it and never looked it up.

Each country makes coins and Bills and releases them in their countries. But they’re valid in the whole eurozone.

The front side of the coin looks the same, only the back is different for each country. There are also commemorative 2€ coins celebrating events or other things.

The bills look all the same you can only tell the issuing country by the first letter of the serial number.

Yes, even Monaco or the Vatican get their own euro coin.

They each have many, as they regularly release new ones. And they soon percolate to the rest of Europe.

It’s always fun trying to figure out where a coin came from.

It’s the owl of Athena, so even if not directly, it’s from the same source.