Lot 01008

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. Pattern 5 Drachmai 1833 (Silver, 38 mm, 6 h), struck from dies by Traugott Ertel, Munich, reeded edge. Obelisk, flanked by: WELCHE IM RUSS./ KRIEGE DEN TOD / FAN-DEN, in three lines; around, DENKMAL DER DREISSIGTAUSEND BAIERN. Rev. T• ERTEL / IN / MÜNCHEN• / 1833• in four lines; around, PROBE DES THALERPRÄGWERKES – F• D• KÖN• MÜNZE IN GRIECHENLAND• (= Test Strike of the Thaler Striking Machinery for the Royal Mint in Greece). Divo -. Hauser -. Karamitsos T.176. KM PN14. An extreme rarity in Silver! Graded by NGC “UNC DETAILS / Excessive Surface Hairlines”. Cert number: 3930037-009.

The 29 meter tall Obelisk shown on this trial strike is the well-known momument located at the Karolinenplatz in Munich; it was designed by Leo von Klenze in 1833. It is dedicated to the 30,000 Bavarian soldiers who gave their lives during the Russian campaign of Napoleon I.