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50 Lepta Regime of the Colonels
| Issuer | Greece |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Weight | 2.5 g |
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| Obverse description | A stylized Phoenix rising from flames, rendered in relief as the coat of arms of the Greek military junta (Regime of the Colonels). The bird is depicted frontally with spread wings against a plain field, symbolizing national rebirth. The legend ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ (Hellenic Republic) arcs around the upper periphery, with the date 1973 below. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The 1973 Greek junta coinage was issued during the final, unstable year of the military dictatorship that had seized power in April 1967. By 1973, the regime of Georgios Papadopoulos was fracturing internally — a student uprising at the Athens Polytechnic in November of that year was crushed by tanks, and a hardline counter-coup by Brigadier Ioannidis followed within days. These coins circulated through one of the most politically volatile moments in postwar Greek history, and the junta itself would collapse entirely within eight months.