Greece 1895-A 10 lepta
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This specimen was lot 71005 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREECE. 10 Lepta, 1895-A. NGC MS-63. Nicely struck and lustrous with gentle yellow and blue-green toning." This type was struck at Paris in 1894-95. Worn specimens fill dealer junk boxes but choice examples are scarce. The ten lepta was struck in copper 1833-38, 1843-51, 1857, and struck in bronze 1869-70, 1878-79 and 1882.
Recorded mintage: 3,000,000.
Specification: copper-nickel.
Catalog reference: KM-59; Geo-157.
- 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 May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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