Nomos 31

GREECE. Iohannes Kapodistrias, as Governor, 1827-1831. 20 Lepta 1831 (Copper, 36 mm, 26.08 g, 12 h), dies prepared by the engravers Georgios Papakonstantopoulos and Dimitrios Kontos, Aegina, decorated edge. ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ Phoenix arising from the flames; above, rays of the rising sun and cross flanked by two stars; below, αωκα = 1821 in Greek alphabetic numerals. Rev. ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΤΗΣ Ι.Α. ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΣ ᛫1831᛫ around a wreath of olive and laurel enclosing the denomination, 20 / ΛΕΠΤΑ in two lines. Chase 505 (S/t). Divo 2. Karamitsos 19.36. KM 11. Of unusually light weight. Graded by NGC "XF 40 BN". Cert number: 2908886-001.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities.

According to Peter Chase, this was the last reverse die to be used for the 20 Lepta coins and was used to strike his varieties 505 and 506. The state of the reverse die on this coin is such that it is clear that the variety 505 was actually struck after 506, thus making this coin one of the last coins of Kapodistrias ever minted; it was almost certainly struck in 1832, after the Governor's assassination.