Greece.

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  1. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    Paul I died at 6 March 1964.
     
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  3. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    Constantine II (the son of Paul I) become the eighth Greek king at 6 March 1964. He was a 23-years old. He seeked to reinforced the royal power in greece, but not successfully. And in 1967 he left the country and emigrated in Italy.
    During the 1967-73 the power in Greece belonged to the "black colonels". In 1 June 1973 the monarchy in Greece was annuled.
     
  4. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    Constantine II.
    1 drachma 1966, copper-nickel.
     

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    Constantine II.
    2 drachmai 1970, copper-nickel.
     

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  6. Siberian Man

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    Constantine II.
    2 drachmai 1973, copper-nickel."Sixth Anniversary of Junta".
     

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  7. Siberian Man

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    Constantine II.
    5 drachmai 1966, copper-nickel.
     

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  8. Siberian Man

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    Constantine II.
    10 drachmai 1968, copper-nickel.
     

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  9. Siberian Man

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    30 drachmai 1964, silver .835, weight - 12 g., mintage - 1000000. "Constantine & Anne-Marie Wedding".
     

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  11. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Impressive set SM.
     
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  13. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    Thanks, Mat.
     
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    Siberian Man Senior Member

    The small addition.
    50 lepta 1966, copper-nickel. Constantine II.
     

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  16. zantetsuken

    zantetsuken Junior Member

    Nice coins 'Siberian Man'. Early coins from the Kingdom of Greece are indeed interesting. I have a couple of specimens under Otto/Othon. They seem tough to find in higher grades though.

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    GREECE (KINGDOM)~5 Lepta 1833

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    GREECE (KINGDOM)~10 Lepta 1849 <Large Crown>
     
  17. Siberian Man

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    Republic of Greece.
    2 drachmai 1926, copper-nickel.
     

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  18. Bluegill

    Bluegill Senior Member

    There are quite a few coins from Greece that I've seen and which I think are very attractive.

    Thanks for putting these up here!
     
  19. calumsherwood

    calumsherwood New Member

    ah siberian man what a joy it is to read your fantastic posts you are a true credit to this forum. the only greek coins i have are modern but they are still very interesting
     

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  20. zantetsuken

    zantetsuken Junior Member

    Cool specimens. Here are a few from my collection. The following three are a 5 Lepta dated 1828, 10 Lepta dated 1830, and 10 Lepta dated 1831. These were issued under the administration of Governor: Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first leader of modern Greece.

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    GREECE (STATE)~5 Lepta 1828

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    GREECE (STATE)~10 Lepta 1830

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    GREECE (STATE)~10 Lepta 1831
     
  21. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    Thank you, sir.
     
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