Italy 1964-R 100 lire

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75342

note the die clash on the reverse

This specimen was lot 75342 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. 100 Lire, 1964-R. Rome Mint. PCGS MS-65. Free of any major marks or surface issues, and highlighted by a gentle tinge of blue toning." The specimen shown is from a type struck in Rome for Italy 1955-89. A later, reduced size version (KM 96.2) was issued 1990-92. Despite a sincere attempt by engraver Guiseppe Romagnoli to produce a handsome design, the stainless steel fabric, with its dull color and low relief, defeated his efforts. Some of the early dates are valuable in strict uncirculated but none of the dates after the late sixties are collectible.

Recorded mintage: 31,300,000.

Specification: 8 g, stainless steel, 27.8 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-96.1.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1958 100 lire
• 1965 500 lire "Dante"
• 1967 500 lire
• 1968 100 lire
• 1973 50 lire
• Coins and currency dated 1964