10 Lepta - George I Pattern

Features

Issuer	Greece
King	George I (1863-1913)
Type	Patterns
Year	1869
Value	10 Lepta (0.10)
Currency	First modern drachma (1832-1944)
Composition	Copper
Weight	9.53 g
Diameter	30 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 408453
References	KM# E7 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Divo Greek# P88 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. , Karamitsos# T.48 Takēs Karatzas (ed.); 2007. Hellas Coins: Coins of Modern Greece = Νομίσματα της Νεότερης Ελλάδας. A. Karamitsos, Thessaloníki, Greece.

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Obverse

Youthful head of George I to left.

Scripts: Greek, Latin

Lettering:
ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ
BAPPE
1869

Translation: GEORGE I KING OF THE GREEKS 1869

Engraver: Désiré-Albert Barre

Reverse

Laurel wreath tied below, containing ΔΙΩΒΟΛΟΝ / 10 / ΛΕΠΤΑ/ ESSAI in four lines .

Scripts: Greek, Latin

Lettering:
ΔΙΩΒΟΛΟΝ
10
ΛΕΠΤΑ
ESSAI

Engraver: Désiré-Albert Barre

Edge

Plain

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1869

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