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| − | This specimen was lot 52416 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "ITALY. [[Italy, Tuscany|Tuscany]]. Fiorino, 1828. Florence Mint. Leopoldo II. PCGS MS-66. Representing the finest of just three seen in the PCGS census, this robust Gem minor offers a rather deep cabinet tone along with intense iridescence sprinkled majestically throughout." This type is listed for 1826-42. These obscure little Italian states coins don't catalog for much but are very difficult to find. This specimen brought triple the catalog value. The fiorino, originally a gold coin equal to a ducat, was in the nineteenth century one quarter of a [[Tuscany 1834 4 fiorini Dav-159|francescone]], the Tuscan equivalent of a piastra. | + | This specimen was lot 52416 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Italy|ITALY]]. [[Italy, Tuscany|Tuscany]]. Fiorino, 1828. Florence Mint. Leopoldo II. PCGS MS-66. Representing the finest of just three seen in the PCGS census, this robust Gem minor offers a rather deep cabinet tone along with intense iridescence sprinkled majestically throughout." This type is listed for 1826-42. These obscure little Italian states coins don't catalog for much but are very difficult to find. This specimen brought triple the catalog value. The fiorino, originally a gold coin equal to a ducat, was in the nineteenth century one quarter of a [[Tuscany 1834 4 fiorini Dav-159|francescone]], the Tuscan equivalent of a piastra. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 6.88 g, 0.917 fine silver. | + | ''Specification:'' 6.88 g, 0.917 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, reeded edge. |
''Catalog reference:'' KM-C72; Pag-128. | ''Catalog reference:'' KM-C72; Pag-128. | ||
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| + | * [[Tuscany 1826 fiorino|1826 fiorino]] | ||
* [[Tuscany 1827 1/4 fiorino|1827 ''quarto fiorino'']] | * [[Tuscany 1827 1/4 fiorino|1827 ''quarto fiorino'']] | ||
* [[Tuscany 1827 1/2 fiorino|1827 ''mezzo fiorino'']] | * [[Tuscany 1827 1/2 fiorino|1827 ''mezzo fiorino'']] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:20, 13 February 2026
This specimen was lot 52416 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Tuscany. Fiorino, 1828. Florence Mint. Leopoldo II. PCGS MS-66. Representing the finest of just three seen in the PCGS census, this robust Gem minor offers a rather deep cabinet tone along with intense iridescence sprinkled majestically throughout." This type is listed for 1826-42. These obscure little Italian states coins don't catalog for much but are very difficult to find. This specimen brought triple the catalog value. The fiorino, originally a gold coin equal to a ducat, was in the nineteenth century one quarter of a francescone, the Tuscan equivalent of a piastra.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.88 g, 0.917 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-C72; Pag-128.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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