Naples and Sicily 1839 10 grana KM-323

Stack's Bowers September 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75331

This specimen was lot 75331 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Naples & Sicily (as the Two Sicilies). 10 Grana, 1859. Ferdinando II. PCGS MS-63. Deep cabinet tone graces the surfaces of the this Choice example." This type was struck in Naples in 1835-39, not in 1859. The superseding ten grana with a bearded head of the king (KM 328) was struck 1838-48 and has a slightly higher price.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.29 g, 0.833 fine silver, 18.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 323.

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]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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