Lot 01027

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 5 Lepta 1869 (Copper, 25 mm, 5.00 g, 6 h), Strassbourg = BB, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, plain edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ 1869 Youthful head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE, and date, flanked by the privy marks anchor (for the Engraver General, A. D. Barre, 1855-1878) on the left and cross (for the Mint Director, Henri Delbecque, 1860-1870) on the right. Rev. Laurel wreath tied below, containing OΒΟΛΟΣ / 5 / ΛΕΠΤΑ in three lines; below, small BB mintmark. Divo 63a. Karamitsos 124a. KM 42a. Graded by NGC “MS 64 RB”. Cert number: 3935116-001.

From the Ioannis Vasilakis Collection of Supreme Quality Circulation Strikes of Georgios I, ex Künker 255, 7 October 2014, 4566.