Italy 1862-T BN 5 lire
This specimen was lot 1712 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,416 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"EUROPÄISCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · KÖNIGREICH ITALIEN Victor Emanuel II., 1859-1861-1878. 5 Lire 1862 T, Turin. Fast vorzüglich. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung AU 58. (kingdom of Italy, Victor Emanuel II, 1861-78, five lire of 1862, Turin mint. About extremely fine, graded NGC AU-58.)"
This type, struck as the kingdom of Italy was assembled from its constituent pieces, is known from Milan, Naples, Rome and Turin (shown here). Many dates are common but this one is scarce, verging on rare.
Recorded mintage: 51,036.
Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, 37 mm diameter, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: KM 8.1, Pagani 484; Dav-140.
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- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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