Serbia 1904 2 pare
This specimen was lot 1162 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $90. The catalog description[1] noted, "SERBIA: Peter I, 1903-1918, AE 2 pare, 1907, a attractive example, PCGS graded MS62 RB, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This type, struck during Serbia's brief term of independence, is known for 1904 only but the large mintage means it is common today. Serbia was conquered and occupied by the Austrians during World War One but reemerged after the war as the kingdom of Yugoslavia. The monarchy was overthrown by Nazi occupation in 1940 and Yugoslavia was reconstituted as a republic under Communist rule in 1945.
Recorded mintage: 12,500,000.
Specification: 2 g, bronze, 20 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-23.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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