Greece 1837 10 lepta

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from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 20542
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This specimen was lot 20542 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $910.63. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREECE. 10 Lepta, 1837. NGC MS-63 BN. Sharply struck with glossy brown surfaces. An excellent example of this date." Altho this is the highest mintage date, the 1833 remains the most available date of a type struck 1833-44.

Recorded mintage: 2,660,000.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-17.

Source:

  • Jean-Paul Divo, Modern Greek Coins, 1828-1968. Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman NV, 1968.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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