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Constantine I copper-nickel Specimen Essai Drachma 1915 SP63 NGC, Paris mint, KM-E32, Divo-P100 (see note), Karamitsos-T.86. 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/3091-31151.s?type=CoinArchives3091
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 5000-6000 USD
Constantine I copper-nickel Specimen Essai Drachma 1915 SP63 NGC, Paris mint, KM-E32, Divo-P100 (see note), Karamitsos-T.86. 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/3091-31151.s?type=CoinArchives3091
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 5000-6000 USD