Lot 00156

Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 50 Drachmai 1875 (Gold plated copper), pair of uniface presentation ESSAIs, Paris , struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. Obverse die, (27 mm, 7.61 g, 4 h). ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1875 Mature head of George I to right; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. 50 F (retrograde). Reverse die, (27 mm, 7.46 g, 11 h). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ, Crowned and mantled shield bearing the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 50 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ; in the lower left field, ESSAI in tiny letters Rev. 50 F (retrograde). Divo P71 var. Karamitsos T60a+T.60b. KM TS17+ TS18. Uncirculated.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities, and from the collection of Leonidas C. Hermes, Hess-Divo 273, 25 March 1998, 128.