10 Lepta - George I 2nd portrait

Greece's bronze coinage of this period was minted in Paris, a dependency of the Latin Monetary Union framework that governed much of continental Europe's subsidiary coinage from 1865 onward. The 2nd portrait variety of George I displaced the earlier effigy beginning in 1878, a modification attributed to the Paris Mint's re-engraving of the royal portrait rather than any royal decree or political event.

KM#55 is the scarcer of the two portrait types in circulated grades, largely because the 1878–1882 window produced lower combined mintages than the initial series.