Catalog
5 Lepta
| Issuer | Greece |
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| Year | 1894-1895 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | (A) Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
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Greece adopted cupro-nickel for this small denomination in the 1890s largely under fiscal pressure — bronze coinage had become expensive to produce relative to face value, and the Latin Monetary Union's framework was being strained by Greece's chronic budget deficits. The switch to cupro-nickel allowed cheaper production while maintaining the appearance of a durable, modern currency. Greece was formally expelled from the Latin Monetary Union in 1908, but the cracks were already visible in this period.