Lot 01039

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 100 Drachmai 1875 (Gold, 35 mm, 32.27 g, 6 h), Paris, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1875 Mature head of George I to right; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Crowned and mantled coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 100 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ; ESSAI in tiny letters in the lower left field. Divo P71. Karamitsos T.61. KM E15. Graded by NGC “PF 63 ULTRA CAMEO”. Top pop in both companies. Cert number:2908889-005.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities, Spink Zurich 1, 6 June 1979, 171.