HomeFleur-de-coin.comGreek eurosMintmarks FESGreek currency50 lepta Greek 50 lepta coins Lepton (plural lepta) is the name of various fractional units of currency used in the Greek-speaking world from antiquity until today. The word means "small" or "thin", and during classical and Hellenistic times a lepton was always a small value coin, usually the smallest available denomination of another currency. In modern Greece, lepton (modern form: lepto) is the name of the 1/100 denomination of all the official currencies of the Greek state: The phoenix (1827 – 1832), the drachma (1832 – 2001) and the euro (2002 – current). The following 50 lepta coins have circulated in Greece until the introduction of the Common European Currency on January 1, 2002: Results 1 - 10 of 15Page 12View All 50 lepta - Markos Botsaris The Greek War of Independence was a successful insurgency waged by the Greeks between 1821 and 1827 to win independence from the Ottoman Empire. Markos Botsaris (1788–1823) was a Greek patriot exiled from his native Epirus in 1803, who was prominent in the Greek War of Independence, notably in the defense of Mesolongion (1822–23) and at Karpenision, ... Krause - Mishler #115 Diameter 18 mm Thickness 1.45 mm Weight 2.5 gr Composition Copper 79%, Zinc 20%, Nickel 1% Edge Milled Other information Engravers: N. Perantinos Year Mintage Price Shop 1986 - Uncirculated Unknown - View 1984 - Uncirculated 1,208,000 pieces € 1.44 Buy 1982 - Uncirculated 3,365,000 pieces € 0.72 Buy 1980 - Uncirculated 6,682,000 pieces € 0.45 Buy 1978 - Uncirculated 12,010,000 pieces € 0.90 Buy 1976 - Uncirculated 15,400,000 pieces € 0.90 Buy 50 lepta - Phoenix The phoenix bird symbolizes immortality, resurrection and life after death in the ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology. According to the Greeks, the bird lives in Arabia, near a cool well and every morning at dawn, the sun god would stop his chariot to listen to the bird sing. Only one phoenix exists at a time. When the bird felt its death was near, ... Krause - Mishler #97 Diameter 18 mm Thickness 1.45 mm Weight 2.5 gr Composition Copper 79%, Zinc 20%, Nickel 1% Edge Milled Other information Engraver: V. Falireas (Athens Mint) Year Mintage Price Shop 1973 Type A - Uncirculated Unknown - View 1971 - Uncirculated Unknown - View 50 lepta - Phoenix The phoenix bird symbolizes immortality, resurrection and life after death in the ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology. According to the Greeks, the bird lives in Arabia, near a cool well and every morning at dawn, the sun god would stop his chariot to listen to the bird sing. Only one phoenix exists at a time. When the bird felt its death was near, ... Krause - Mishler #106 Diameter 18 mm Weight 2.3 gr Composition Nickel - Brass Edge Milled Other information Engravers: I. Stinis, L. Orphanos (Athens Mint) Year Mintage Price Shop 1973 Type B - Uncirculated 44,514,000 pieces € 0.99 Buy Results 1 - 10 of 15Page 12View All Greek Drachma Coins 1000 drachmas 500 drachmas 250 drachmas 100 drachmas 50 drachmas 30 drachmas 20 drachmas 10 drachmas 5 drachmas 2 drachmas 1 drachma 50 lepta 20 lepta 10 lepta 5 lepta