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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:



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Image of Greek 50 lepta 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 th ...
Krause - Misler#115
Diameter18 mm
Thickness1.45 mm
Weight2.5 gr
CompositionCopper 79%, Zinc 20%, Nickel 1%
EdgeMilled
CommentsEngravers: N. Perantinos
DateMintageGradePriceShop
1986unknownUncirculated€ 0.5Buy
19841,208,000Uncirculated-View
19823,365,000Uncirculated€ 0.25Buy
19806,682,000Uncirculated€ 0.25Buy
197812,010,000Uncirculated€ 0.3Buy
197615,400,000Uncirculated€ 0.4Buy

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Image of Greek 50 lepta 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 li ...
Krause - Misler#106
Diameter18 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 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 li ...
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 AunknownUncirculated€ 1Buy
1971unknownUncirculated€ 0.9Buy

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Image of Greek 50 lepta 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 ...
Krause - Misler#88
Diameter18 mm
Weight2.3 gr
CompositionCopper 25%, Nickel 75%
EdgeMilled
CommentsEngraver: V. Falireas (Prague Mint)
DateMintageGradePriceShop
197010,000,000Uncirculated€ 1.5Buy
196630,000,000Uncirculated€ 1.3Buy

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Image of Greek 50 lepta 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-exi ...
Krause - Misler#80
Diameter18 mm
Weight2.3 gr
CompositionCopper 75%, Nickel 25%
EdgeMilled
CommentsEngraver: V. Falireas (Parish Mint)
DateMintageGradePriceShop
19654,978Proof€ 9Buy
196420,000,000Uncirculated-View
196420,000,000Very Fine +-View
196220,500,000Uncirculated-View
196220,500,000Uncirculated-View
19575,108,000Uncirculated-View
19575,108,000Uncirculated-View

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