Italy 1809-M lira

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 24212

Kingdom of Italy in 1806, from Putzger's Atlas

This specimen was lot 24212 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $504. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Kingdom of Napoleon. Lira, 1809-M. NGC MS-63. Sharply struck with soft satin luster and quite attractive. Ex: Stack's Bowers & Ponterio 06/2011 sale, lot# 8370." This coin was struck in Milan for Napoleon's kingdom of Italy which lasted 1804-1814. The one lira piece matched the French silver franc and was struck in some numbers 1808-14 at Milan, Venice and Bologna.

Recorded mintage: 25,000.

Specification: 5 g, 0.900 fine silver, .144 troy oz ASW, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: KM C8.1; Mont-254; Gig-152.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Gigante, Fabio, Gigante 2016: Catalogo Nazionale delle Monete Italiano Dal '700 All'Euro, 24a ed. Varese, Italy, 2015.
• Montenegro, Eupremio, Montenegro 2015: Manuale del Collezionista di Monete Italiane, 30 ed., Torino, Italy: Montenegro s.a.s., 2014.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017

Link to:

• 1808-B lira
• 1809-B 5 lire
• 1809-M 5 lire
• 1809-M 20 lire
• 1809-M 40 lire
• 1810-M 5 soldi
• 1810-M 10 soldi
• 1810-M lira
• 1814-M 15 soldi
• Coins and currency dated 1809