Italy 1910-R 2 lire
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This specimen was lot 74074 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. 2 Lire, 1910-R. Rome Mint. Vittorio Emanuele III. NGC VF-25. A circulated yet problem free example of the type." This is a scarce date of a type struck 1908-12. The minting of silver two lire ceased in 1917.
Recorded mintage: 719,000, a scarce date.
Specification: 10 g, 0.835 fine silver, 27 mm diameter, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: KM-46.
- 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, 1901-2000, 47th 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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