20 Lepta

Features

Issuer	Crete (Greece)
Ruling authority	George (1901-1913)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1900
Value	20 Lepta (0.20)
Currency	Drachme (1900-1929)
Composition	Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	3.89 g
Diameter	21.3 mm
Thickness	1.4 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 11799
References	KM# 5 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 5 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Crown with designer's name in Greek transliteration beneath, and date flanked by privy mark at bottom.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΚΡΗΤΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ
1900
Α ΒΟΡΡΕΛ

Translation: State of Crete

Engraver: Henri-Auguste Patey

Designer: Alfred Borrel

Reverse

Value with mint mark beneath, framed by olive and laurel branches.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
20
ΛΕΠΤΑ
Α

Translation: 20 Lepta

Engraver: Henri-Auguste Patey

Designer: Alfred Borrel

Edge

Plain

Mint

A	Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Henri-Auguste-Jules Patey, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1896-1930)

Comments

The crown is identical with the crown of earlier coins of the Kingdom of Greece

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Date			Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1900 A			1 250 000	$ 1.40	$ 5.40	$ 5.40	$ 9.70	$ 17

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