Italy 1867-M 2 centesimi

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in large quantities at the Naples, Turin and Milan (shown here) mints 1861-62 and 1867 during the reign of Victorio Emanuele II of Italy. It is struck to the same standard as the contemporary French two centimes. Gigante^[1] comments that the 1867 was struck at Milan with a frozen date 1868 and 1883-92. The next issue of this denomination would be in 1895.

Recorded mintage: 5,000,000 (Turin) plus 54,211,919 (Milan).

Specification: 2 g, bronze, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 2.1, Gig-110.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[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.

Link to:

• 1861-N 2 centesimi
• 1866-H 10 centesimi
• 1866-M 10 centesimi
• 1867-M centesimo
• 1867-OM 10 centesimi
• 1867-M 50 centesimi
• 1867-M lire
• 1867-T 20 lire
• Coins and currency dated 1867
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