Lombardy-Venetia 1852-V centesimo
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This specimen was lot 2774 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "LOMBARDY-VENETIA: Franz Joseph I, 1848-1866, AE centesimo, 1852-V, a superb mint state example! PCGS graded MS65 BN." This type was struck in 1852 at Milan and Venice. It is fairly common despite being a one year type. One hundred centesimi made a lira and six lire made a scudo. At the Congress of Vienna, Venice, Milan and Mantua were merged into the kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia and awarded to Austria. Lombardy fell to Sardinia in 1859 and Venetia to Italy in 1866.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.05 g, copper, 15 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM C29.2, Herinek-848.
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- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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