1879 1/2 Piastre Cyprus

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I don't have a world coin book any longer, can someone give me some grades and approx. values for the grades on this? I could post a pic but ummm I'm lazy right now.

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Oh and another one is (I think) 1837 10 Lepta Greece.

[Dick]

My SDandra, you do get around
Dick

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[JRocco]

My book is now dated, but the 1879 1/2 Piastre, bronze non-proof piece looks to be one of the more common in the series (1879-1931) before they switched to the copper-nickel composition.
My book is from the 90's but lists these in XF around $50 and in MS at $165 (again, these are 90's prices so please keep this in mind)
The 1837 10 Lepta from Greece is a copper piece. The series runs from 1828-1882 before they changed to copper-nickel also.
This also appears to be a fairly common year with an XF value of $125 and an MS value of $200 (mid 90's values)
Hope this helps.

[Robert]

My 2001 Krause says:

1879 1/2 Piastre (mintage 250K, which is the most common):
F= 7.50
VF= 15.
XF=45.
Unc=$165

1837 10 Lepta (mintage=2.660 million, again the most common):
F=40.
VF=100.
XF=200.
Unc=600.

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Thank you both for your reply.