Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Lepta
| Issuer | Hellenic State |
|---|---|
| Year | 1831 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 5 Lepta (0.05) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ αωκα΄ (Translation: Hellenic State, 1821) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 1831 - - 229,856 |
| Additional information |
The Hellenic State's copper issues of 1831 were struck at a precarious moment — Greece had achieved formal independence just years earlier, and the first governor, Ioannis Kapodistrias, had been assassinated in October of that year. Coinage production continued under the provisional government that followed, making this issue one of the last struck before the arrival of King Otto and the establishment of the monarchy in 1833.
These were minted at the Aegina facility, Greece's first modern mint, which operated only briefly before being superseded. Surviving examples in collectible condition are genuinely scarce given the political instability that disrupted distribution.