v48_0912 - GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE - GEORGE I 2 drachmes 1883 Paris

GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE - GEORGE I 2 drachmes 1883 Paris XF

MONNAIES 48 (2011)
Starting price : 680.00 €
Estimate : 900.00 €
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Type : 2 drachmes

Date: 1883

Mint name / Town : Paris

Quantity minted : 250000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 10 g.

Edge : cannelée

Coments on the condition:

Sous coque NGC AU 53. Des marques de manipulation et une faible usure sur les reliefs. De très beaux restes du brillant d’origine

Catalogue references :

KM/WC.19/39

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête nue de Georges Ier à gauche ; dessous A 1883 BAPPE.

Obverse legend : GEORGIOS A BASILEUS TWN ELLHNWN.

Obverse translation : (Georges roi des Hellènes).

Reverse

Reverse description : Écu posé sur un manteau couronné.

Reverse legend : BASILEION THS ELLADOS/ 2 DRACMAI.

Reverse translation : (Roi des Grecs/ 2 drachmes).

Historical background

GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE - GEORGE I

(30/03/1863-18/03/1913)

George I (1845-1913) is the youngest son of Christian IX King of Denmark (1863-1906). He was chosen as King of Greece in 1863 to succeed Otto of Wittelsbach (1832-1867), the son of Louis I of Bavaria. He was assassinated in 1913.

GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE - GEORGE I 10 Lepta 1879 Paris XF

100.00 €

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GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE - GEORGE I 2 Lepta Georges Ier 1878 Bordeaux XF

50.00 €

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GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE - GEORGE I 5 Drachmes 1876 Paris XF

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v48_0912 - GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE - GEORGE I 2 drachmes 1883 Paris

Obverse

Reverse

Historical background

GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE - GEORGE I

(30/03/1863-18/03/1913)

George I (1845-1913) is the youngest son of Christian IX King of Denmark (1863-1906). He was chosen as King of Greece in 1863 to succeed Otto of Wittelsbach (1832-1867), the son of Louis I of Bavaria. He was assassinated in 1913.

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