Lombardy-Venetia 1852-V 15 centesimi
This specimen was lot 1689 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €600 (about US$809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"KAISERREICH ÖSTERREICH, Franz Josef I. 1848-1916. Ku.-15 Centesimi 1852, V, Venedig. RR Hübsche Kupferpatina, fast vorzüglich. (Empire of Austria, Francis Joseph I, 1848-1916, copper fifteen centesimi of 1852, Venice mint. Rare, handsome copper patina, about extremely fine.)"
Austrian control of Lombardy and Venetia, restored to them at the Congress of Vienna, was severely shaken by the rebellion of 1848, which coincided with revolution in Germany and another uprising in Hungary. In 1852, the Venice mint issued a series of copper coins, three, five, ten and fifteen centesimi, of which only the fifteen centesimi is rare. Austria ceded Lombardy to the king of Sardinia in 1859 and left Venetia in 1866. The last coin to leave the mint in Venice was a gold sovrano in 1856.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: J. 305, KM C33.
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- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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