GREECE,
    After giving Europe its civilization and culture Greece became a backwater for 1500 years, to reemerge in the 19th century as a distant result of the ideological ferment of the 18th century revolutions and the subsequent reactions.  Look, people have to decide that they are SOMETHING before they can think about things like "freedom."  It took a long time for the idea to brew that people could really decide things for themselves.  That process is far along now, though we can't tell what will happen next.  I think its fair to say that the idea of individuality came earliest in Greece.

276-397. GREECE, 5 lepta K2 1828 edge bumps, VF $675.00
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276-398. GREECE, 10 lepta K8 1830 VG $350.00
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276-399. GREECE, 20 lepta K11 1831 VG/poor $50.00 sold
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276-400. GREECE, 2 lepta K14 1833 corroded, F $25.00
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276-401. GREECE, 5 lepta K16 1841 flaws, aG $32.00
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276-402. GREECE, 10 lepta K17 1838 G $45.00
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276-403. GREECE, 10 lepta K25 1849 flaws, corrosion, aF $21.00
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276-404. GREECE, 10 lepta K29 1851 edge bump, nick, F $85.00
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276-405. GREECE, 10 lepta K55 1878-K corroded, edge bump, XF $110.00
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276-406. GREECE, 20 lepta K44 1874-A aXF $175.00
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276-407. GREECE, 1/4 drachma K18 1833 aVF $235.00
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276-409. GREECE, 50 lepta K45 1874-A VF $27.00
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276-411. GREECE, 2 drachmai K39 1883-A VG $125.00
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276-412. GREECE, 5 drachmai K20 1833-A VG+ $300.00
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GREECE, 5 lepta K24 1846 flaw, VF $85.00 sold
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273-417. GREECE, 50 lepta K45 1874-A some dark toning rev., aXF $61.00
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GREECE, 20 drachmai K85 1965 proof $35.00 sold
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CRETE
   The island of Crete, anciently populated by "proto-Phoenicians," later by Greeks, was retained by Turkey after the secession of the Greek mainland from the Ottoman empire.  Greece occupied the island at the turn of the 20th century, and annexed it during the First World War.
GREECE, CRETE, 5 drachmai K9 1901 edge bump, cleaned F+ $200.00 sold
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