Malta 1755 5 grani

Stack's Bowers September 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75435

This specimen was lot 75435 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $5,040. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MALTA. 5 Grani, 1755. Emmanuel Pinto. PCGS MS-63 Brown. Struck to an exacting level of detail, this scarcely-seen Order of Malta issue is offered here in an exceptional state of preservation, its chocolate-brown surfaces gleaming with glossy luster. An enviable specimen and one unlikely to be found finer." This type was struck 1751-55 and 1762. This example realized 56 times the catalog value in EF.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-247.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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