View source for Emilia 1860 50 centesimi

[[Image:Italy 1860F 50 centesimi obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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This type was struck at Florence 1859-61 while the kingdom of [[Italy]] was being organized. Numerous provisional issues were minted in that period from Bologna, Florence and Birmingham, England, in an attempt to drive out all the local issues which had circulated for decades. After Vittorio Emanuele was formally crowned in 1861, minting was restricted to Turin, Milan and Naples. After Rome was conquered in 1870, the other mints were gradually closed.

''Recorded mintage:'' 2,430,000.

''Specification:'' 2.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, .0723 troy oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 11.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[Emilia 1859-B 50 centesimi]]
* [[Emilia 1859-B lira]]
* [[Emilia 1859 5 lire Dav-138]]
* [[Emilia 1860 lira]]
* [[Emilia 1860 2 lire]]
* [[Emilia 1860 5 lire Dav-138|Emilia 1860 5 lire, Bologna mint]]
* [[Emilia 1860-B 10 lire Fr-257]]
* [[Emilia 1860-B 20 lire Fr-256]]
* [[Italy 1861-F lira|1861-F lira]]
* [[Italy 1861-F 5 lire|1861-F 5 lire]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1860]]
* return to coins of [[Italy]]

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