View source for Italy 2001-R 50000 lire

[[Image:Italy SB819-23173o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 23173]]
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This specimen was lot 23173 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it did not sell. It was offered again as lot 71161 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $408. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Italy|ITALY]]. 50000 Lire, 2001. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Struck to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Palace of Caserta. A virtually perfect example of the type with a listed value of $600 in the Standard Catalog of World Coins. Brilliant with hard mirror fields and frosted cameo devices." The palace of Caserta, the seat of the Bourbon kings of Naples, still stands outside of Naples. Among other events, the German army in Italy surrendered to Allied forces there in April 1945.

''Recorded mintage:'' 6,200.

''Specification:'' 7.50 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.217 try oz AGW, 20 mm diameter. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-234; Fr-1541. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018. 
* 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. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[Italy 1994-R 50000 lire|1994-R 50,000 lire, Centennial of the Bank of Italy]]
* [[Italy 1994-R 100000 lire|1994-R 100,000 lire, Centennial of the Bank of Italy]]
* [[Italy 1996-R 100 lire|1996 100 lire]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 2001]]

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