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<p>[QUOTE="manny9655, post: 7411426, member: 112417"]I picked up a coin at a show in Cleveland this past Saturday, a 10 lepta piece from 1882 with King George I (Prince Philip's grandfather) and had to have it. I noticed on the reverse, the word ΔΙΩΒΟΛΟΝ (Diobolon) I thought obols and diobols were only ancient Greek coins. Or is this a reference to its equivalent in British coinage? The size is almost exactly the same as an American half dollar. This isn't the coin I bought but it is identical to it. I'm well versed in early Greek philately but not in modern Greek coinage. Why was this word used?[ATTACH=full]1288266[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="manny9655, post: 7411426, member: 112417"]I picked up a coin at a show in Cleveland this past Saturday, a 10 lepta piece from 1882 with King George I (Prince Philip's grandfather) and had to have it. I noticed on the reverse, the word ΔΙΩΒΟΛΟΝ (Diobolon) I thought obols and diobols were only ancient Greek coins. Or is this a reference to its equivalent in British coinage? The size is almost exactly the same as an American half dollar. This isn't the coin I bought but it is identical to it. I'm well versed in early Greek philately but not in modern Greek coinage. Why was this word used?[ATTACH=full]1288266[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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