★ Plate coin in Hellas catalog! ★

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 5 Drachmai 1875 (Silver, 37 mm, 25 g, 6 h), variety with the inverted anchor. Paris = A, mintage: unknown but very few, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / A 1875 Mature head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Crowned and mantled coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 5 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ flanked by the privy marks bee ( for the Mint Director, Renouard de Bussière, 1860-1879 ), on the left, and an inverted anchor ( for the Engraver General, A. D. Barre, 1855-1878 ), on the right. Divo 50a note. Karamitsos 159a ( this coin ). KM 46b. Graded by NGC "MS 62". Cert number: 3935109-011.

From the Ioannis Vasilakis Collection of Supreme Quality Circulation Strikes of Georgios I.

The cataloger of this coin has never seen a better inverted anchor. In such condition, this coin is a real rarity.