Karamitsos Sale Includes 19th Century Rarities Graded by PMG and NGC

Over 300 banknotes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) and over 300 coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company™ (NGC®) are part of a Karamitsos auction in December. Bidding is already underway for Auction 708 (Part A and Part B), which will be held December 10-11, 2022.

PMG-certified banknotes

The auction's top lot is a Greece, National Bank ND (1870-82) 100 Drachmai Specimen graded PMG 30 Very Fine (Part A, lot 6475). Printed during the reign of King George I, it is one of only two Specimens for this catalog number in the PMG Population Report. This note has a starting price of €15,000 (about $15,000).

Greece, National Bank ND (1870-82) 100 Drachmai Specimen graded PMG 30 Very FineClick images to enlarge.

Other PMG-certified highlights of the sale include:

• a Great Britain / British Military Authority ND (1943-45) 1 Pound with Greece Overprint graded PMG 53 About Uncirculated EPQ (Part A, lot 6667) with a starting price of €10,000 (about $10,000)
• a Greece - Patriotic Loan 1906 5 Drachmai (50 Drachmai Title) graded PMG 40 Extremely Fine (Part A, lot 6650) with a starting price of €7,500 (about $7,500)
• a Greece, Bank of Greece / Regional World War II 1944 note graded PMG 30 Very Fine (Part A, lot 6644) with a starting price of €6,000 (about $6,000)
• a Greece, Bank of Greece 1944 100 Drachmai on 100 Drachmai - Corfu graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated (Part A, lot 6643) with a starting price of €5,500 (about $5,500)
• a Greece, National Bank 1870-82 100 Drachmai graded PMG 20 Very Fine (Part A, lot 6474) with a starting price of €4,500 (about $4,500)
• a Greece, National Bank 1901 1,000 Drachmai graded PMG 12 Fine (Part A, lot 6488) with a starting price of €4,000 (about $4,000)
• an Italy / Dodecanese Islands 1944 100 Lire graded PMG 40 Extremely Fine (Part A, lot 6665) with a starting price of €4,000 (about $4,000)
• an Italy / Dodecanese 1944 50 Lire graded PMG 25 Very Fine (Part A, lot 6664) with a starting price of €3,300 (about $3,300)
• a Kingdom of Greece, Ministry of Finance 1918 5 Drachmai graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated (Part A, lot 6617) with a starting price of €3,000 (about $3,000)

NGC-certified coins

The top coin in the auction is a Greece 1851 5 Drachmas graded NGC MS 62 (Part A, lot 6083). It shows Otto, the Bavarian prince who ruled as Greece's first king from 1832 until he was driven from power in 1862. It has a starting price of €10,000 (about $10,000).

Greece 1851 5 Drachmai graded NGC MS 62 Click images to enlarge.

Other NGC-certified highlights of the sale include:

• a Great Britain 1917 Sovereign graded NGC MS 63 (Part B, lot 6814) with a starting price of €6,000 (about $6,000)
• a Romania 1870C Gold 20 Lei graded NGC AU 58 (Part B, lot 6866) with a starting price of €5,500 (about $5,500)
• a Romania 1922 Gold 100 Lei graded NGC MS 62 (Part B, lot 6876) with a starting price of €5,000 (about $5,000)
• a Greece 1834 Lepton graded NGC MS 66 RB (Part A, lot 6055) with a starting price of €3,800 (about $3,800)
• a Switzerland 1800B Helvetian Republic 16 Franken graded NGC MS 61 (Part B, lot 6913) with a starting price of €3,800 (about $3,800)

Starting prices are provided by the auction house. The $ symbol represents US Dollars.