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LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "Zurich:" to "Zürich:"
2025-06-20T17:04:33Z
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LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "Zurich," to "Zürich,"
2025-06-10T19:04:18Z
<p>Text replacement - "Zurich," to "Zürich,"</p>
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LatinKing2020: Text replacement - " .835 fine" to " 0.835 fine"
2024-03-05T00:32:18Z
<p>Text replacement - " .835 fine" to " 0.835 fine"</p>
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LatinKing2020: deleted eBay link
2022-02-21T05:23:16Z
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LatinKing2020: added link
2021-09-13T21:31:04Z
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RonGuth: Added Ebay link
2021-07-13T17:11:26Z
<p>Added Ebay link</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This specimen was lot 1816 in Sincona sale 47 (Zurich, May 2018), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$240 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Kreta, Georg I. 1863-1913. 2 Drachmen 1901 A, Paris. Sehr schön.'' (Crete, George I, 1863-1913, two drachma of 1901, Paris mint. Very fine.)"</blockquote> Around the turn of the century, the island of Crete was contended by [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]]. The overwhelmingly Greek population of the island favored union with Greece but the Powers, not wanting to partition Turkey too rapidly, forced the Greek king to accept Turkish suzerainty over his control. This unwieldy arrangement lasted until 1913, when Greece annexed the island. This two drachmai is scarce and expensive in XF or better. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This specimen was lot 1816 in Sincona sale 47 (Zurich, May 2018), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$240 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Kreta, Georg I. 1863-1913. 2 Drachmen 1901 A, Paris. Sehr schön.'' (Crete, George I, 1863-1913, two drachma of 1901, Paris mint. Very fine.)"</blockquote> Around the turn of the century, the island of Crete was contended by [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]]. The overwhelmingly Greek population of the island favored union with Greece but the Powers, not wanting to partition Turkey too rapidly, forced the Greek king to accept Turkish suzerainty over his control. This unwieldy arrangement lasted until 1913, when Greece annexed the island. This two drachmai is scarce and expensive in XF or better. </div></td></tr>
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2021-01-12T15:50:04Z
<p>This page contains material from http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Crete_1901_2_drachmai</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:Crete S47-1816.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 47, lot 1816]]<br />
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This specimen was lot 1816 in Sincona sale 47 (Zurich, May 2018), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$240 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Kreta, Georg I. 1863-1913. 2 Drachmen 1901 A, Paris. Sehr schön.'' (Crete, George I, 1863-1913, two drachma of 1901, Paris mint. Very fine.)"</blockquote> Around the turn of the century, the island of Crete was contended by [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]]. The overwhelmingly Greek population of the island favored union with Greece but the Powers, not wanting to partition Turkey too rapidly, forced the Greek king to accept Turkish suzerainty over his control. This unwieldy arrangement lasted until 1913, when Greece annexed the island. This two drachmai is scarce and expensive in XF or better. <br />
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''Recorded mintage:'' 175,000.<br />
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''Specification:'' 10 g, .835 fine silver, 27 mm diameter, this specimen 9.96 g. <br />
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''Catalog reference:'' Divo 131. KM 8. Karamitsos C10. <br />
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br />
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. <br />
* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland,'' Zurich: Sincona AG, 2018. <br />
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''Link to:''<br />
* [[Crete 1901 50 lepta]]<br />
* [[Crete 1901 5 drachmai]]<br />
* [[Coins and currency dated 1901]]<br />
* return to coins of [[Crete]]<br />
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[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 46, 47]]</div>
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