Italy 1921-R 5 centesimi

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Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1069

This specimen was lot 1069 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $36. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY: Vittorio Emanuele III, 1900-1946, AE 5 centesimi, 1921-R, a superb lustrous example! PCGS graded MS65 RB." This type was struck 1919-37 and most dates are common, including this one. It superseded KM 42, which was 5 grams. Vittorio Emanuele III succeeded his father Umberto upon the latter's assassination in 1900.

Recorded mintage: 80,111,000.

Specification: 3.26 g, bronze, 19.8 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-59.

Source:

  • 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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