San Marino 1980 5 scudi
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This specimen was lot 47606 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAN MARINO. 5 Scudi, 1980-R. Rome Mint. CHOICE UNCIRCULATED. AGW: 0.5 oz. Sold in original display case with COA." 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. This module was used to strike NCLT's 1976-82, then reduced to 10 g in 1983, then raised to 16.95 g in 1986. Ordinary coinage was denominated in lira. San Marino now uses the euro.
Recorded mintage: 24,000, of which 1,428 were melted unsold.
Specification: 15 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.442 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-19; KM-115.
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- Gigante, Fabio, Gigante 2016: Catalogo Nazionale delle Monete Italiano Dal '700 All'Euro, 24a ed. Varese, Italy, 2015.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Montenegro, Eupremio, Montenegro 2015: Manuale del Collezionista di Monete Italiane, 30 ed., Torino, Italy: Montenegro s.a.s., 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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