Greece 1833-A 5 drachmai
This specimen was lot 33176 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "Othon 5 Drachmai 1833-A AU50 NGC, Paris mint. A highly-coveted and ever-popular type here exemplified by deep-seated graphite and gun-metal-colored toning." This three-year type was struck in Paris 1833 and 1844-45 for king Otto I (1832-62). It comes with and without the "A" mintmark. Greece, poor, backward, corrupt and riven by feuds, could ill afford a substantial silver coinage and this is the only issue that is at all available. Proofs are reported to exist.
Recorded mintage: 378,000 (all varieties).
Specification: 22.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, .651 troy oz AGW, 37 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Dav-115; KM-20.
- Jean-Paul Divo, Modern Greek Coins, 1828-1968. Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman NV, 1968.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [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.
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