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[[Image:Greece 1964 50 lepta obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
 
[[Image:Greece 1964 50 lepta obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
 
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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 time periods often feature a crown a 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. This is the most common date. The obverse features the portrait of King Paul I (1947-64). It was accompanied by one ([[Greece 1962 drachma|KM 81]]), two ([[Greece 1957 2 drachmai|KM 82]]), five (KM 83) and twenty drachmai ([[Greece 1960 20 drachmai|KM 85]]).
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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. This is the most common date. The obverse features the portrait of King Paul I (1947-64). It was accompanied by one ([[Greece 1962 drachma|KM 81]]), two ([[Greece 1957 2 drachmai|KM 82]]), five (KM 83) and twenty drachmai ([[Greece 1960 20 drachmai|KM 85]]).
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 20,000,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 20,000,000.

Latest revision as of 12:44, 30 November 2022

from the Mountain Groan Collection
Greece 1964 50 lepta rev DSLR.jpg

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. This is the most common date. The obverse features the portrait of King Paul I (1947-64). It was accompanied by one (KM 81), two (KM 82), five (KM 83) and twenty drachmai (KM 85).

Recorded mintage: 20,000,000.

Specification: 2.25 g, copper-nickel, 16 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 80.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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