Greece 1876-A 20 drachmai
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This specimen was lot 33182 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "George I gold 20 Drachmai 1876-A AU55 NGC, Paris mint. A highly crisp and lustrous piece with a finely-detailed bust of the king and glimmering royal arms." This one-year type was struck in Paris for king George I (1863-1913) to the standard of a French twenty francs. Greece, poor, backward, corrupt and riven by feuds, could ill afford a substantial gold coinage and this is the only issue.
Recorded mintage: 37,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 6.45 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 49.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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