Italy 1812-V 10 soldi
This specimen was lot 74008 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Kingdom of Napoleon. 10 Soldi, 1812-V. Venice Mint. Napoleon I. NGC AU-58. An always popular minor on account of its connection to Napoleon, this piece delivers deep cabinet toning near the peripheries, with essentially no evidence of handling throughout." 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 ten soldi (shown here) matched the French half franc. Ten soldi were minted at Milan 1808-14 and at Venice 1811-13 and at Bologna 1812-13.
Recorded mintage: 160,000.
Specification: 2.5 grams, 0.900 fine silver, .072 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-C6.1.
- 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, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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