Italy 1811-M soldo

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1030

This specimen was lot 1030 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $72. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALIAN STATES: KINGDOM OF ITALY: Napoleon, 1805-1814, AE soldo, 1811-M, the iron Crown of Lombardy at center, environmental damage, NGC graded UNC Details." 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. The lira was divided into twenty soldi, so the soldo shown here was worth five centimes. This type was struck at Milan (shown here), Bologna and Venice 1807-13 and is common in circulated condition.

Recorded mintage: 2,390,000.

Specification: 10.95 g, copper.

Catalog reference: KM C3.2.

Source:

• Gigante, Fabio, Gigante 2016: Catalogo Nazionale delle Monete Italiano Dal '700 All'Euro, 24a ed. Varese, Italy, 2015.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Montenegro, Eupremio, Montenegro 2015: Manuale del Collezionista di Monete Italiane, 30 ed., Torino, Italy: Montenegro s.a.s., 2014.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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