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50 Lepta - Constantine II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Greece |
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| Year | 1966-1970 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central shield bearing a plain cross, crowned and supported by two soldiers in traditional evzone dress acting as defenders of the Crown. The denomination 50 ΛΕΠΤΑ appears in the lower field below the shield. The circular legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ runs along the upper periphery, with ornamental dots separating the legend from the denomination. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ • 50 ΛΕΠΤΑ • (Translation: Kingdom of Greece 50 Lepta) |
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Constantine II spent most of his reign in political freefall. The 1967 coup by the Colonels' junta left him as a figurehead king; his botched counter-coup in December of that year sent him into exile in Rome, and then London, never to return. Coins bearing his name continued rolling out of the Athens mint through 1970, years after he had ceased to exercise any meaningful authority over the country that was still technically issuing them.