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Message:: [QUOTE="satootoko, post: 81885, member: 669"]It's either a 5 lepta (KM#62) or a 10 lepta (KM#63), minted in Paris, with those privy marks on each side of the date instead of an "A" mint mark.  It was a 1-year nickle issue, with 25,053,000 of the 5 lepta and 28,973,000 of the 10 lepta pieces.  According to Krause they were the only two Greek coins minted in the 20th Century prior to 1922. $7.50 XF, $40 Unc and $100 BU are the catalog values for both coins. If you had shown the reverse, the combination of the owl on amorpha design and the large denomination figure would have simplified the hunt tremendously, as the design would be unmistakeably Greek and the denomination would have focused the search. The 10 lepta is 22mm wide, but since Krause doesn't show a picture of the 5 lepta, I have no idea what it's width would be - other than presumably being smaller. I guess I took too long looking it up. To me it definitely looks like a nickle coin, not an aluminum one.  That's why I asumed it was either the 5 or 10 lepta, and didn't mention the 20 lepta, which is aluminum, also 2mm, and has Athena standing at the left and an olive brach at the right on the reverse.  Also minted in Paris without an "A", Krause values it at $8.50 XF, $55 Unc and $100 BU.[/QUOTE]