Lot 00135

Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 2 Drachmai 1868 (Copper-Nickel, 27 mm, 9.93 g, 12 h), trial pattern of the reverse die Paris, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, plain edge. • ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ • Crowned and mantled coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 2 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ. Rev. • ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ • Crowned and mantled coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 2 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ. Divo P78 (this coin). Karamitsos T.43. KM Pn24. Tzamalis, Νομίσματα Ελληνικού Χώρου, Δ35 (this coin). Graded by NGC “MS 63”. Top pop in NGC. Cert number: 2909005-002.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities, ex Schweize­rischer Bankverein 9, 30 January 1980 746. Published by Tsamalis in 1977 and by J-P. Divo in 1969.