San Marino 1978 10 scudi
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This specimen was lot 7271 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $1,057.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAN MARINO. 10 Scudi, 1978. NGC MS-64. No detracting marks and with nice glowing luster." San Marino is in the Italian Apennines and is a protectorate of Italy but remains independent. This type was struck in Rome altho the theme is vague. San Marinan circulating coinage was based on the lira but gold commemoratives were usually one, two or five scudi. This is the only ten scudi in the series. San Marino now uses the euro.
Recorded mintage: 19,946.
Specification: 30 g, 0.917 fine gold, 34 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: Fr-13; KM-88, Gig-44.
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- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
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