Vatican City 1939 5 lire KM-28

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Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1265

This specimen was lot 1265 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $96. The catalog description[1] noted, "VATICAN: Pius XII, 1939-1958, AR 5 lire, 1939 year I, a wonderful example, PCGS graded MS64." This type was issued 1939-41 for Pius XII, the second pope to rule over the newly independent Vatican City. A sede vacante issue also exists for 1939 (KM 20).

Recorded mintage: 100,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM-28, Ber-3375.

Source:

  • Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
  • 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Francesco Muntoni, Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici, 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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