San Marino 1906-R lira

Steve Album Auction 52, lot 2680

This specimen was lot 2680 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SAN MARINO: Republic, AR lira, 1906, essentially invisible hairlines in a small portion of the fields - a lovely flashy coin, UNC." This type was struck in Rome in 1898 and 1906, with this date obtaining a slight premium. The weight and fineness matches that of a contemporary Italian lira and French franc.

Recorded mintage: 30,000.

Specification: 5 g, 0.835 fine silver, 23 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-4.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• Austria 1906 corona
• Switzerland 1906-B franc
• Tunisia 1906-A franc
• Italy 1906-R lira
• France 1906 franc
• Romania 1906 leu
• 1906 2 lira
• Coins and currency dated 1906