KINGDOM OF YUGOSLAVIA (1918-1943)
REIGN OF ALEXANDER I "ALEXANDER THE UNIFIER" (1921-1934) - HOUSE OF KARADJORDJEVIC
GOLD FOUR DUKATA WITH SWORD COUNTERMARK
CERTIFIED BY NGC MINT STATE 61
OBV: CONJOINED PORTRAIT BUSTS OF ALEXANDER I IN UNIFORM AND QUEEN MARIA IN TIARA; SWORD COUNTERMARK STAMP AT EDGE OF KING'S SHOULDER AT TRUNCATION BELOW THE LETTER "A".
REV: COAT OF ARMS OF THE KINGDOM OF YUGOSLAVIA (THE CROWNED DOUBLE HEADED WHITE EAGLE OF SERBIA WITH HERALDIC SHIELD OVER THE BREAST INTEGRATING THE ARMS OF SERBIA, CROATIA AND SLOVENIA); DENOMINATION BENEATH; DATE AT EDGE LOWER RIGHT.
KM # 14.1
KING ALEXANDER I (1888-1934), WAS BORN IN THE PRINCIPALITY OF MONTENEGRO INTO THE SERBIAN ROYAL FAMILY WHICH WAS IN EXILE FORCED BY A RIVAL ROYAL HOUSE. HE WAS ATTENDING SCHOOL IN ST. PETERSBURG RUSSIA IN 1903, WHEN HIS FATHER WHO BECAME PETER I OF SERBIA, IN A BLOODY COUP, RETOOK THE THRONE OF SERBIA. IN 1909, ALEXANDER'S BROTHER RENOUNCED HIS CLAIM TO THE THRONE, LEAVING ALEXANDER THE PRINCIPAL HEIR. IN 1922, HE MARRIED PRINCESS MARIA OF ROMANIA. ALEXANDER FOUGHT HEROICALLY IN THE BALKAN WARS AND IN WWI SERVED AS SUPREME COMMANDER OF SERBIA'S FORCES. ON HIS FATHER'S DEATH IN 1921, ALEXANDER INHERITED THE KINGDOM OF SERBS, CROATS AND SLOVENES WHICH BECAME YUGOSLAVIA. IN 1929, IN RESPONSE TO POLITICAL CRISIS, HE ABOLISHED THE CONSTITUTION, PROROGUED PARLIAMENT AND INSITUTED A PERSONAL DICTATORSHIP. HE ISTITUTED A NEW CONSTITUTION THE YEAR THAT THIS COIN WAS ISSUED. ON THE 9th OF OCTOBER, 1934, KING ALEXANDER WAS ASSASSINATED BY A GUNMEN WHILE BEING DRIVEN THROUGH THE STREET OF MARSAILLES IN HIS MOTORCAR WHILE ON A ROYAL STATE VISIT TO FRANCE.
CONTAINS 13.96 GRAMS OF .986 FINE GOLD (.4425 OZ ASW)
39 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 10,000 MINTED!
KOVNICA, AKCIONARNO DRUSTVO BELGRADE MINT
