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Nomos 31

23 march 2024, 16:00 CET

Zurich, Zunfthaus zur Saffran

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Estimate: 31250 CHF
Hammer Price:  42000 CHF
Lot 158

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 100 Drachmai 1875 (Gold plated copper, 35 mm, 16.74 g, 6 h), pair of uniface presentation ESSAIs, Paris, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. Obverse die, (35 mm, 16.74 g, 6 h). ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1875 Mature head of George I to right; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. B /EPREUVE/ 100 .F. /1855 in four lines (retrograde). Reverse die, (35 mm, 16.92 g, 7 h). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ, Crowned and mantled shield bearing the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 100 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ; in the lower left field, ESSAI in tiny letters. Rev.B /EPREUVE/ 100 .F. /1855 in four lines (retrograde. Karamitsos T.62a & T62b (this set of coins mentioned). KM TS19 & TS20. Graded by NGC "PF 64+ ULTRA CAMEO (obverse) and PF 66 CAMEO (reverse)". Cert number: 6644261-003/004.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities, and from the collections of Leonidas C. Hermes, Hess-Divo 273, 25 March 1998, 127, and Dimitri Loulakakis, Spink 5, 18 May 1979, 228.

Online bidding closes: 23 Mar 2024, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 27 Apr 2024, 19:02:38 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:42000 CHF

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