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Long Beach Signature Sale 3076 5-6 & 9 Sep 2019
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Constantine I copper-nickel Specimen Essai Drachma 1915 SP63 NGC, Paris mint, KM-E32, Karamitsos-T.86, Divo-P100 var. (copper-nickel). C. Dimitriades as engraver. An extremely rare Essai produced for the Greek government just two years after the accession of Constantine I to the throne. Plans to produce business strikes in silver were cancelled when it was realized that the value of the silver in the circulating issues would be in excess of the face value of the coins, leaving the copper-nickel specimens as a token of this abandoned project. Lightly toned, with a choice level of preservation that leaves no larger instances of handling to distract the eye.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/greece/greece-constantine-i-copper-nickel-specimen-essai-drachma-1915-sp63-ngc-/a/3076-31738.s?type=CoinArchives3076
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 5000-10000 USD
Constantine I copper-nickel Specimen Essai Drachma 1915 SP63 NGC, Paris mint, KM-E32, Karamitsos-T.86, Divo-P100 var. (copper-nickel). C. Dimitriades as engraver. An extremely rare Essai produced for the Greek government just two years after the accession of Constantine I to the throne. Plans to produce business strikes in silver were cancelled when it was realized that the value of the silver in the circulating issues would be in excess of the face value of the coins, leaving the copper-nickel specimens as a token of this abandoned project. Lightly toned, with a choice level of preservation that leaves no larger instances of handling to distract the eye.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/greece/greece-constantine-i-copper-nickel-specimen-essai-drachma-1915-sp63-ngc-/a/3076-31738.s?type=CoinArchives3076
HID02906262019
© 2019 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 5000-10000 USD