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Nomos 31

23 march 2024, 16:00 CET

Zurich, Zunfthaus zur Saffran

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Estimate: 25000 CHF
Hammer Price:  48000 CHF
Lot 156

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 50 Drachmai 1875 (Gold plated copper), pair of uniface presentation ESSAIs, Paris , struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. Obverse die, (27 mm, 7.61 g, 4 h). ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1875 Mature head of George I to right; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. 50 F (retrograde). Reverse die, (27 mm, 7.46 g, 11 h). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ, Crowned and mantled shield bearing the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 50 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ; in the lower left field, ESSAI in tiny letters Rev. 50 F (retrograde). Divo P71 var. Karamitsos T60a+T.60b. KM TS17+TS18. Graded by NGC "PF 66 ULTRA CAMEO (obverse) and PF 66 CAMEO (reverse)". Cert number: 6644261-001/002.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities, and from the collection of Leonidas C. Hermes, Hess-Divo 273, 25 March 1998, 128.

Online bidding closes: 23 Mar 2024, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 27 Apr 2024, 14:04:12 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:48000 CHF

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