Venice 1802 lira
This specimen was lot 3762 in Sincona sale 39 (Zürich, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALY | Venice, Francesco II, 1798-1835 Lira 1802. Wien. Vorzüglich. Kleiner Schrötlingsfehler. (duchy of Venice, Francis II, 1798-1835, lira of 1802. Extremely fine. Minor planchet defect.)"
Napoleon invaded and conquered the republic of Venice and terminated her independence after eight centuries. Uninterested in keeping the region, he traded it to Austria in exchange for Belgium. He reconquered it again in 1805 and added it to his Kingdom of Italy. In the Austrian interim, half, one, 1½ and two lira where issued in low grade billon in 1801-02. None are common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.36 g, 0.250 fine silver, .091 troy oz ASW, this specimen 8.53 g.
Catalog reference: Montenegro 15. Herinek 582, KM 790.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th 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]Jürg Richter, Auction 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017.
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