1911 5 Drachmai Greece

This 1911 5 Drachmai coin was struck in Paris, as Greece outsourced its minting to France due to the lack of domestic facilities.

That decision reflected the era's financial constraints, with the obverse featuring King George I's portrait and the reverse showing a wreath, symbols tied to the monarchy's tenuous hold on power. The coin's composition—silver at 90% fineness—weighs in at 25 grams, a standard for the time.

Mintage figures are murky; records from that period were often incomplete, and some were lost in later conflicts. As for myths, I've heard tales of it being a good luck charm, but that's just collector folklore.

Some numismatists quip it's the Greek coin that feels most at home in a French album.