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5 Lepta - George I Pattern
| Issuer | Greece |
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| Year | 1877 |
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| Currency | First modern drachma (1832-1944) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King George I facing left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair. The engraver's signature BARRE appears beneath the truncation, with the mintmaster's mark E to the lower left and the date 1877 in the exergue. The circular legend reads ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ, meaning 'George I, King of the Greeks,' running along the toothed border. The portrait is modelled in a classical neoclassical style characteristic of Barre's work for the Paris Mint. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΟΒΟΛΟΣ 5 ΛΕΠΤΑ ESSAI |
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| Mintage | 1877 |
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