Live auction - fwo_322574 - GREECE - CONSTANTINE I Essai de 1 Drachme 1915 Paris
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| Estimate : | 18 000 € |
| Price : | 13 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 13 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 19 April 2016 17:07:42 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Essai de 1 Drachme
Date: 1915
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : copper nickel
Diameter : 23,17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,97 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R3
Slab
PCGS : SP65
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie est sous coque PCGS SP65
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la Collection Michel
Obverse
Obverse legend : EN GREC : CONSTANTIN, ROI DES GRECS // 1915 ESSAI.
Obverse description : Tête du roi Constantin Ier à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EN GREC : ROYAUME DE GRÈCE / 1 DRACHME ESSAI.
Reverse description : écu du royaume de Grèce sur manteau couronné.
Commentary
On a aucune idée de la rareté de cet essai. Le roi Constantin Ier était en 1915 partisan de la neutralité de la Grèce contrairement au premier ministre Elefthérios Venizélos. Il est alors considéré comme un ennemi de l’Entente. Cela est sans doute la raison pour laquelle cet essai de 1 Drachme aux standards de l’Union Latine ne fut pas suivi par une émission de monnaie de circulation.
Historical background
GREECE - CONSTANTINE I
(1913-1917 and 1920-1922)
Eldest son of Georges I, he succeeded him in 1913 following his assassination. A supporter of Greece's neutrality in the First World War, he opposed Prime Minister Elefthérios Venizélos, a supporter of the Triple Entente. In 1917, faced with the threat of the Allied forces to bomb Athens, King George I was finally dismissed in favor of his second son Alexander I. In November 1920, Alexander I died following the bite of a monkey. Faced with a serious dynastic crisis, the Greek parliament was forced to recall Georges I. Following the disaster of the Greco-Turkish war of 1919-1922, the loss of Smyrna and the massacres of the Greek populations in Asia Minor, the king was definitively discredited. The coup of September 11, 1922 put an end to his reign: he was forced to abdicate in favor of his eldest son George II..
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GREECE - CONSTANTINE I Essai de 1 Drachme 1915 Paris MS65 PCGS
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