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10 Drachmai - George I 1st portrait
| Issuer | Greece |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of the young King George I facing right, rendered in high relief with finely engraved hair and naturalistic facial features in the neoclassical tradition. The circular Greek legend reads ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ, distributed around the periphery of the field. The engraver's signature ΒΑΡΡΕ appears in small capitals below the truncation, accompanied by the mint mark A to the right, denoting the Monnaie de Paris. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 10 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ 1876 (Translation: KINGDOM OF GREECE 10 DRACHMAE 1876) |
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| Mintage | 1876 A - - 19,000 |
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