Italy 1811-M lira

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 39006

This specimen was lot 39006 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Kingdom of Napoleon. Lira, 1811/09-M. Milan Mint. Napoleon I. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details." This type was struck at Milan, Bologna and Venice 1808-14. This overdate is listed in the SCWC as 1811/08. The one lira piece matched the French silver franc.

Recorded mintage: 1,185,000, the highest mintage date.

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

Catalog reference: KM-C8.1.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• 1810-M lira
• 1811-M 3 centesimi
• 1811-M soldo
• 1811-M 5 soldi
• 1811-M 10 soldi
• 1811-B lira
• 1811-V lira
• 1811-M 2 lire
• 1811-V 2 lire
• 1811-M 5 lire
• 1811-M 20 lire
• 1811-M 40 lire
• 1812-B lira
• 1812-M lira
• 1812-V lira
• Coins and currency dated 1811