5 Lepta

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These were minted at the Aegina facility, Greece's first modern mint, which operated only briefly before being superseded.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.