Catalog
1 Drachme - Othon
| Issuer | Greece |
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| Year | 1851 |
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| Currency | First modern drachma (1832-1944) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Othon facing left, rendered in finely engraved high relief with naturalistic detail in the hair and facial features, including a light moustache. The truncation of the neck is cleanly cut. The circumferential Greek legend reads ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ, separated from the portrait by a plain field, with a beaded border encircling the entire obverse. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 1851 |
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