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| + | * Jean-Paul Divo, ''Modern Greek Coins, 1828-1968.'' Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman NV, 1968. | ||
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. | * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. | ||
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* [[Greece 1954 5 lepta]] | * [[Greece 1954 5 lepta]] | ||
| + | * [[Greece 1954 10 lepta|1954 10 lepta]] | ||
| + | * [[Greece 1954 20 lepta|1954 20 lepta]] | ||
* [[Greece 1957 2 drachmai]] | * [[Greece 1957 2 drachmai]] | ||
* [[Greece 1959 20 lepta]] | * [[Greece 1959 20 lepta]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:04, 3 March 2026
The modern nation of Greece obtained independence from Ottoman Turkey in 1833. It functioned as a monarchy from that year until 1925 and again from 1935-1974. Coins from these periods often feature a crown as part of the design. Today the country is the Hellenic Republic of Greece. The coin shown is an copper-nickel fifty lepta of a type struck 1954-65. The obverse features the portrait of King Paul I. It accompanied by one (KM 81), two (KM 82) and five drachmai (KM 83).
Recorded mintage: 10,160,000, a better date.
Specification: 2.25 g, copper-nickel, 16 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 80.
- Jean-Paul Divo, Modern Greek Coins, 1828-1968. Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman NV, 1968.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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