It’s all Greek to me!

[halfdime]

Found in a Loomis box today😘.

 

[Red-Coat]

Unusual find. It's a 30 drachma commemorative for the Marriage of King Constantine II of Greece to Princess Ann-Marie of Denmark in 1964. Not to be sniffed at though. It's 12g of .835 silver.

 

[halfdime]

Unusual find. It's a 30 drachma commemorative for the Marriage of King Constantine II of Greece to Princess Ann-Marie of Denmark in 1964. Not to be sniffed at though. It's 12g of .835 silver.

Very! According to one source, two varieties, 1000 each minted?

 

[Red-Coat]

Very! According to one source, two varieties, 1000 each minted?

Yes, two different varieties. One produced for Greece by the Konsberg Mint in Norway, and the other produced by the Bern Mint in Switzerland. One million of each produced though, not 1,000.

Yours is the Konsberg variety and catalogues no more than $10 in that condition.

 

[halfdime]

Yes, two different varieties. One produced for Greece by the Konsberg Mint in Norway, and the other produced by the Bern Mint in Switzerland. One million of each produced though, not 1,000.

Yours is the Konsberg variety and catalogues no more than $10 in that condition.

I have a huge catalog of World Coins that says 1000 of each, but that's hard to imagine. I'd believe a million any day; why bother to strike just 1000? A keeper in any case!

 

[Red-Coat]

I have a huge catalog of World Coins that says 1000 of each, but that's hard to imagine. I'd believe a million any day; why bother to strike just 1000? A keeper in any case!

Must be a misprint. These sites all agree on a mintage of a million for each of the two varieties:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7222.html

https://colnect.com/en/coins/coin/4...yal_Wedding-1964~1973_-_Constantine_II-Greece

https://www.numiscorner.com/product...drachmai-1964-kongsberg-au-50-53-silver-km-87

https://coinscatalog.net/greece/coi...stantine-and-anne-marie-wedding-km-87-kingdom

 

[halfdime]

Must be a misprint. These sites all agree on a mintage of a million for each of the two varieties:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7222.html

https://colnect.com/en/coins/coin/4...yal_Wedding-1964~1973_-_Constantine_II-Greece

https://www.numiscorner.com/product...drachmai-1964-kongsberg-au-50-53-silver-km-87

https://coinscatalog.net/greece/coi...stantine-and-anne-marie-wedding-km-87-kingdom

How do you identify the different mints on this coin?

 

[Red-Coat]

How do you identify the different mints on this coin?

From the position of the letters BØ on the King's shoulder, as per the link to the 'Numista' site I gave you. The edge lettering also has a different size for the two mints.

30 Drachmai - Constantine II, Greece

Detailed information about the coin 30 Drachmai, Constantine II (Royal Marriage), Greece, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data

en.numista.com