Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 50 Drachmai 1876 (Gold, 28 mm, 16.10 g, 6 h), Paris = A, mintage: 182 pieces, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / A 1876 Mature head of George I to right; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Crowned and mantled coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 50 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ flanked by the privy marks bee (for the Mint Director, Renouard de Bussière, 1860-1879), on the left, and an anchor (for the Engraver General, A. D. Barre, 1855-1878), on the right. Divo 45. Karamitsos 165, KM 50. Graded by NGC "MS 62". Cert number: 2908888-004.

MACEDON. Tragilos. Circa 450-400 BC. Tetartemorion (Silver, 7 mm, 0.20 g). Bunch of grapes. Rev. T-P-A-I (retrograde from the bottom left) Quadripartite incuse square with a letter in each quarter. CsP I, 262. SNG Copenhagen 447 var. (legend arrangement). Well centered and attractive for type. Some deposits and porosity, otherwise, good very fine.