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Heritage Auctions

50 Lepta – Greece

Standard circulation coins

Series: 1868 Greece circulation coins

Context

Years: 1868–1883

Issuer: Greece

Period:

Ruler: George I

Currency:

(1832—1944)

Demonetized: Yes

Total mintage: 5,000,633

Material

Diameter: 18 mm

Weight: 2.5 g

Silver weight: 2.09 g

Thickness: 1.06 mm

Shape: Round

Composition: 83.5% Silver

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Coin alignment

References

KM: #37

Numista: #3949

Value

Bullion value: $5.73

Obverse

Inscription:

ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ

ΒΑΡΡΕ

Translation:

GEORGE A! KING OF THE GREEKS

BARRE

Scripts: Greek, Latin

Language: Greek

Engraver: Désiré-Albert Barre

Reverse

Inscription:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ

50 ΛΕΠΤΑ

1874

A

Translation:

KINGDOM OF GREECE

50 LEPTA

1874

Script: Greek

Language: Greek

Engraver: Désiré-Albert Barre

Edge

Reeded

Categories

Person> Monarch

Mints

Name	Mark
Monnaie de Paris	A

Mintings

Year	Mint Mark	Mintage	Quality	Collection
1868	—	60
1874	A	4,500,573
1874	A	—	Proof
1883	A	500,000

Series: 1868 Greece circulation coins

50 Lepta obverse

50 Lepta reverse

1 Drachma obverse

1 Drachma reverse

2 Drachmai obverse

2 Drachmai reverse

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