Naples and Sicily 1835 20 grana

from Steve Album sale 45, lot 2771

This specimen was lot 2771 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NAPLES & SICILY: Ferdinando II, 1830-1859, AR 20 grana, 1835, a lovely mint state example! PCGS graded MS63, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was annexed to Italy in 1860 but remains poor, backward and corrupt. The twenty grana was one-sixth of a piastra. This type was struck 1831-38.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce in nice condition.

Specification: 4.59 g, 0.833 fine silver, 21.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cr-151, KM 307.

Source:

• Fabrizi, Davide, Monete Italiane Regionale: Napoli, Pavia: Edizioni Numismatica Varesi, 2010.
• 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, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

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