Live auction - fwo_383456 - GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE – OTTO 20 Drachmes 1833

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Estimate :	1 200 €
Price :	900 €
Maximum bid :	900 €
End of the sale :	28 June 2016 18:02:32
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : 20 Drachmes

Date: 1833

Quantity minted : 18000

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 5,75 g.

Edge : cannelée

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie présente une légère usure de circulation et de petites rayures superficielles à l’avers

Catalogue references :

KM.19/21 - F.10

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann

Obverse

Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE GRECQUE).

Obverse description : Tête nue d'Othon Ier à gauche.

Obverse legend : OQON BASILEUS THS ELLADOS

Obverse translation : (Othon roi des l'Hellènes).

Reverse

Reverse legend : À L'EXERGUE .

Reverse description : Écu couronné entre deux branches d'olivier.

Reverse legend : 20 DRACMAI/ 1833

Reverse translation : (20 drachmes).

Commentary

Ce type ne fut frappé que pour le millésime 1833 dans les circonstances difficiles que rencontrait la Grèce à l'époque. Le chiffre de fabrication de cette monnaie est controversé mais nous citons celui qui est le plus généralement accepté.
This type was only struck for the 1833 vintage in the difficult circumstances Greece was facing at the time. The mintage figure for this coin is controversial, but we quote the most generally accepted one.