Live auction - fwo_503306 - ALBANIA - REPUBLIC, THEN KINGDOM OF ALBANIA - ZOG 100 Francs or 1927 Rome

ALBANIA - REPUBLIC, THEN KINGDOM OF ALBANIA - ZOG 100 Francs or 1927 Rome AU NGC

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Estimate :	2 000 €
Price :	2 600 €
Maximum bid :	2 700 €
End of the sale :	07 September 2021 19:10:48
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : 100 Francs or

Date: 1927

Mint name / Town : Roma

Quantity minted : 5000

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 35 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 32,33 g.

Edge : cannelée

Rarity : R1

Slab

NGC : AU

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sous coque NGC AU Details Polished

Catalogue references :

KM20/11a1 - F.1 - Mont.123

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la collection R. P

Obverse

Obverse legend : AMET - ZOGU.

Obverse description : Tête de Zog Ier à gauche ; au-dessous deux étoiles.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ALBANIA - SHQIPNI/ 1927 R/ FR.A. 100.

Reverse description : Bige à droite, sous les pattes antérieures signature G. ROMAGNOLI/ A. MOTTI. INC..

Commentary

La frappe de 1927 comprend à la fois des essais et des exemplaires avec une étoile sous le buste ou d’autres avec deux étoiles sous le buste. Ici nous avons la variante avec deux étoiles.

Historical background

ALBANIA - REPUBLIC, THEN KINGDOM OF ALBANIA - ZOG

(1925-1928-1939)

Georges Castriota Scanderberg (1403-1468) was taken hostage at the age of seven by the Turks and became the favorite of Sultan Mourad II. He deserted the Turkish army in 1443, after the defeat of Nis. He returned to Christianity, seized Kruje and led guerrilla warfare against the Turks, then signed a ten-year truce with them in 1461. After his death in 1468, the Turks seized Albania, which was only independent in 1912. It joined the League of Nations in 1920, while Italy guaranteed its independence by the Treaty of Tirana. Ahmed Zogou seized power in 1922, was elected president of the republic in 1925 and was proclaimed king in 1928. He was overthrown on April 7, 1939 when the Italians seized Albania in a week. Victor-Emmanuel III becomes King of Albania.