10 Lepta
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Features
| Issuer |
Greece
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
First Hellenic Republic (1822-1832)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1830 |
| Value | 10 Lepta (0.10) |
| Currency | Phoenix (1828-1832) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 15 g |
| Diameter | 30 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 18555 |
| References | KM# 8 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Jean-Paul Divo; 1969. Modern Greek Coins, 1828-1968: a detailed description of every known Greek and Cretan coin from the time of Capodistrias until the present time (with valuations). Bank Leu, Jacques Schulman, Zürich, Switzerland / Amsterdam, Netherlands. Takēs Karatzas (ed.); 2007. Hellas Coins: Coins of Modern Greece = Νομίσματα της Νεότερης Ελλάδας. A. Karamitsos, Thessaloníki, Greece. |
Obverse
Phoenix with cross on the top and sun rays on the left within a pearl circle
Script: Greek
Lettering:
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ
αωκα΄
Translation: Hellenic State, 1821
Engraver: Georgios Papakonstantopoulos
Reverse
Denomination within laurel and olive branches
Script: Greek
Lettering:
• ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΤΗΣ Ι• Α• ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΣ •
10
ΛΕΠΤΑ
1830
Translation: Governor I. A. Kapodistrias, 10 lepta
Engraver: Georgios Papakonstantopoulos
Edge
Plain
Mint
National mint of Aegina Mint, Greece (1828-1833)Comments
The bird Phoenix at the obverse represents the rebirth of Greece while the word "αωκα" is referring to the year 1821 (the year of the Greek revolution). Different Phoenix (compared with KM#3)
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
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| 1830 | 
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1 200 000 | $ 130 | $ 190 | $ 510 | varieties exist | |||||||||
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