Greek 50 lepta coins

Lepton (plural lepta) is the name of various fractional units of currency used in the Greek-speaking world from antiquity until today. The word means "small" or "thin", and during classical and Hellenistic times a lepton was always a small value coin, usually the smallest available denomination of another currency.

In modern Greece, lepton (modern form: lepto) is the name of the 1/100 denomination of all the official currencies of the Greek state: The phoenix (1827 – 1832), the drachma (1832 – 2001) and the euro (2002 – current). The following 50 lepta coins have circulated in Greece until the introduction of the Common European Currency on January 1, 2002:



Image of Greek 50 lepta drachmas coin
Image of Greek 50 lepta drachmas coin
50 lepta - Markos Botsaris

The Greek War of Independence was a successful insurgency waged by the Greeks between 1821 and 1827 to win independence from the Ottoman Empire. Markos Botsaris (1788–1823) was a Greek patriot exiled from his native Epirus in 1803, who was prominent in the Greek War of Independence, notably in the defense of Mesolongion (1822–23) and at Karpenision, where he defeated the Turks with a handful of men but died in battle ...
Krause - Misler#115
Diameter18 mm
Thickness1.45 mm
Weight2.5 gr
CompositionCopper 79%, Zinc 20%, Nickel 1%
EdgeMilled
CommentsEngravers: N. Perantinos
DateMintageGradePriceShop
1986Only in collector foldersUncirculated€ 0.5Buy
19841,208,000Uncirculated€ 0.9Buy
19823,365,000Uncirculated€ 0.25Buy
19806,682,000Uncirculated€ 0.25Buy
197812,010,000Uncirculated€ 0.3Buy
197615,400,000Uncirculated€ 0.4Buy

Image of Greek 50 lepta drachmas coin
Image of Greek 50 lepta drachmas coin
50 lepta - Phoenix

The phoenix bird symbolizes immortality, resurrection and life after death in the ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology. According to the Greeks, the bird lives in Arabia, near a cool well and every morning at dawn, the sun god would stop his chariot to listen to the bird sing. Only one phoenix exists at a time. When the bird felt its death was near, every 500 to 1,461 years, it would build a nest of aromatic wood and set it on fire. The bird was then consumed by the flames but a new phoenix sprang forth from the pyre ...
Krause - Misler#106
Diameter18 mm
Thickness0 mm
Weight2.3 gr
CompositionNickel - Brass
EdgeMilled
CommentsEngravers: I. Stinis, L. Orphanos (Athens Mint)
DateMintageGradePriceShop
1973 - Type B44,514,000Uncirculated€ 0.5Buy

Image of Greek 50 lepta drachmas coin
Image of Greek 50 lepta drachmas coin
50 lepta - Phoenix

The phoenix bird symbolizes immortality, resurrection and life after death in the ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology. According to the Greeks, the bird lives in Arabia, near a cool well and every morning at dawn, the sun god would stop his chariot to listen to the bird sing. Only one phoenix exists at a time. When the bird felt its death was near, every 500 to 1,461 years, it would build a nest of aromatic wood and set it on fire. The bird was then consumed by the flames but a new phoenix sprang forth from the pyre ...
Krause - Misler#97
Diameter18 mm
Thickness1.45 mm
Weight2.5 gr
CompositionCopper 79%, Zinc 20%, Nickel 1%
EdgeMilled
CommentsEngraver: V. Falireas (Athens Mint)
DateMintageGradePriceShop
1973 - Type AOnly in collector foldersExtremely Fine€ 0.5Buy
1973 - Type AOnly in collector foldersVery Fine€ 0.1Buy
1973 - Type AOnly in collector foldersUncirculated€ 1.3Buy
1971Only in collector foldersUncirculated€ 0.9Buy
1971Only in collector foldersVery Fine€ 0.25Buy

Image of Greek 50 lepta drachmas coin
Image of Greek 50 lepta drachmas coin
50 lepta - King Constantine

Constantine I, King of the Hellenes (2 August 1868 - 11 January 1923) was King of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922. He was Commander – in - Chief of the Hellenic Army during the unsuccessful Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and led the Greek forces during the successful Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, in which Greece captured Thessaloniki, and doubled in area and population. He succeeded to the throne of Greece on 18 March 1913, following his father's assassination ...
Krause - Misler#88
Diameter18 mm
Thickness0 mm
Weight2.3 gr
CompositionCopper 25%, Nickel 75%
EdgeMilled
CommentsEngraver: V. Falireas (Prague Mint)
DateMintageGradePriceShop
197010,000,000Uncirculated€ 2.75Buy
196630,000,000Uncirculated€ 1.3Buy

Image of Greek 50 lepta drachmas coin
Image of Greek 50 lepta drachmas coin
50 lepta - King Paul I

Paul I (1901-1964), King of Greece (1947-1964), was the youngest son of King Constantine I. Paul married Princess Frederika of Brunswick in 1938. During most of World War II, when Greece was under German occupation, he was with the Greek government-in-exile in London and Cairo. From Cairo, he broadcast messages to the Greek people. He returned to Greece in 1946 and succeeded to the throne in 1947 on the death of his brother, George II ...
Krause - Misler#80
Diameter18 mm
Thickness0 mm
Weight2.3 gr
CompositionCopper 75%, Nickel 25%
EdgeMilled
CommentsEngraver: V. Falireas (Parish Mint)
DateMintageGradePriceShop
19654,978Proof-View
196420,000,000Uncirculated€ 8.8Buy
196420,000,000Very Fine€ 1.75Buy
196220,500,000Very Fine€ 0.75Buy
195910,160,000Very Fine€ 2.75Buy
19575,108,000Very Fine€ 8.25Buy
195437,228,000Very Fine€ 1.1Buy

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