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20 Lepta - George I 1st portrait
| Issuer | Kingdom of Greece |
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| Year | 1874-1883 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of the young King George I facing left, rendered in fine relief with carefully engraved hair combed back from the forehead. The circular legend surrounds the portrait, reading ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ, with the engraver's signature ΒΑΡΡΕ appearing in small letters at the base of the truncation. The field is smooth and the design is framed by a fine beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Greece adopted the Latin Monetary Union standard in 1868, binding the drachma to the franc and obligating Athens to produce subsidiary silver coinage to specified fineness and weight tolerances set by international treaty rather than domestic preference. The 20 lepta filled the smallest silver denomination slot in that framework. Production across this nine-year window was uneven — certain dates within the 1874–1883 run carry substantially lower mintage figures and command corresponding collector premiums, though the series as a whole saw heavy circulation losses given the coin's modest purchasing role in everyday Greek commerce.