Italy 1863-N 50 centesimi

Stephen Album sale 41, lot 2889

This specimen was lot 2889 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $96. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY: Vittorio Emanuele II, 1861-1878, AR 50 centesimi, 1863-N, light smoky toning, NGC graded MS62." This type was also struck at Naples in 1867. It is common, along with the Turin and Milan issues.

Recorded mintage: 16,062,000.

Specification: 2.50 g, 0.835 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-14.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

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