Italy 1937-R lira

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 41096

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 41096 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Kingdom. Lira, 1937-R Year XV. Rome Mint. PCGS MS-64 Gold Shield. Emanating from a collectors' only emission--and accounting for its very small issue--this VERY RARE, vibrant minor undoubtedly stands as one of the finest extant, with having seen just one other." This type was struck 1936-43. Only the first year was made in nickel; the later dates are stainless steel, either conventional 18-8 (nonmagnetic) or without the nickel alloy ("Acmonital", magnetic). The years 1937 and 1938 were made only for collectors.

Recorded mintage: 50.

Specification: 8 g, nickel, 27 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-77.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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