Italy 1811-M 3 centesimi

from Steve Album sale 45, lot 2760

This specimen was lot 2760 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $450. The catalog description^[1] noted, "KINGDOM OF ITALY: Napoleon I, 1804-1814, AE 3 centesimi, 1811-M, a lovely example with much mint red! PCGS graded MS63 RB, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." The issues of the Napoleonic kingdom of Italy were meant to match the French franc Germinal. Thus, the silver lira was 5 g, 0.900 fine silver, just like the French one franc. This type was struck at Bologna (1807-08, 1810, 1813), Milan (1807-13) and Venice (1807-10). It is common in circulated condition.

Recorded mintage: 2,798,000.

Specification: 6.3 g, copper, 23.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cr-2.2, KM C2.2.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

Link to:

• 1811-M soldo
• 1811-M 5 soldi
• 1811-M 10 soldi
• 1811-B lira
• 1811-M lira
• 1811-V lira
• 1811-M 2 lire
• 1811-V 2 lire
• 1811-M 5 lire
• 1811-M 20 lire
• 1811-M 40 lire
• 1813-M 3 centesimi
• Coins and currency dated 1811