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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/index.php/File:SB526-75117o.jpg" title="File:SB526-75117o.jpg">300px|thumb|Stack&#039;s Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 75117</a> <a href="/index.php/File:SB526-75117r.jpg" title="File:SB526-75117r.jpg">300px|thumb</a> This specimen was lot...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:SB526-75117o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 75117]]<br /> [[Image:SB526-75117r.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br /> <br /> This specimen was lot 75117 in Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $366. The catalog description&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; noted, &quot;[[Italy|ITALY]]. [[Italy, Genoa|Genoa]]. 8 Lire, 1797. NGC AU Details--Stained.&quot; This type, struck 1793-97, is accompanied by a gold 48 ([[Genoa 1793 48 lire|KM A245]]) and 96 lire (KM 251) which the SCWC notes as being rather more available. Genoa was occupied by Napoleon in 1798 and made into the puppet Ligurian Republic. Genoa never recovered its independence; in 1815 it was annexed by the kingdom of Sardinia and is now part of [[Italy]].<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.<br /> <br /> ''Specification:'' 33.27 g, 0.889 fine silver, 41 mm diameter, decorated edge.<br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-1370]]; KM-249.<br /> <br /> ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br /> * Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink &amp; Son, 1964.<br /> * Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. <br /> * Montenegro, Eupremio, ''Montenegro 2015: Manuale del Collezionista di Monete Italiane, 30 ed.,'' Torino, Italy: Montenegro s.a.s., 2014. <br /> * &lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins &amp; World Paper Money,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.<br /> <br /> ''Link to:''<br /> * [[Genoa 1796 8 lire Dav-1370|1796 8 lire]]<br /> * [[Genoa 1797 96 lire|1797 96 lire]]<br /> * [[Ligurian Republic 1798 8 lire Dav-1371|Ligurian Republic 1798 8 lire]]<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1797]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2026 Collectors Choice sale]][[Category:European crowns and thalers]]</div>

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