Live auction - fwo_571778 - GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE - GEORGE I 20 Drachmes 1876 Paris

GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE - GEORGE I 20 Drachmes 1876 Paris XF

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Estimate :	600 €
Price :	370 €
Maximum bid :	370 €
End of the sale :	10 March 2020 19:28:59
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : 20 Drachmes

Date: 1876

Mint name / Town : Paris

Quantity minted : 37000

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 6,43 g.

Edge : cannelée

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire à l’usure régulière avec quelques coups sur le listel

Catalogue references :

KM.19/49 - F.15

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête nue de Georges Ier à droite ; dessous A 1876 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/ 20 DRACMAI

Reverse translation : (Roi des Grecs/ 20 drachmes).

Commentary

La Grèce entra dans le système de l'Union Latine le 23 décembre 1865. Par la déclaration du 26 septembre 1868, la Grèce entra définitivement dans le système et les premières pièces furent fabriquées en 1868. Elles furent démonétisées par le décret du 3 octobre 1929.
Greece entered the Latin Union system on December 23, 1865. By the declaration of September 26, 1868, Greece definitively entered the system and the first coins were produced in 1868. They were demonetized by the decree of October 3, 1929