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[[Image:Italy 1940 20 centesimi CNG 585.jpg|550px|thumb|CNG Lissner collection, lot 585]] | [[Image:Italy 1940 20 centesimi CNG 585.jpg|550px|thumb|CNG Lissner collection, lot 585]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 585 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $72.60. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "ITALY, Regno d'Italia. Vittorio Emanuele III. 1900-1946. Stainless Steel 20 Centesimi. Rome mint. Dually dated year 18 of the Fascist Era and 1940 R. Reeded edge. Magnetic. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 66. Gem BU." This type was struck for the kingdom of [[Italy]] 1936-42 but only struck for circulation in 1936 and 1939-42. The coin was converted from nickel to to stainless steel in 1939, perhaps the first coin to use that metal. Vittorio Emanuele III succeeded his father Umberto upon the latter's assassination in 1900, but by | + | This specimen was lot 585 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $72.60. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "ITALY, Regno d'Italia. Vittorio Emanuele III. 1900-1946. Stainless Steel 20 Centesimi. Rome mint. Dually dated year 18 of the Fascist Era and 1940 R. Reeded edge. Magnetic. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 66. Gem BU." This type was struck for the kingdom of [[Italy]] 1936-42 but only struck for circulation in 1936 and 1939-42. The coin was converted from nickel to to stainless steel in 1939, perhaps the first coin to use that metal. Vittorio Emanuele III succeeded his father Umberto upon the latter's assassination in 1900, but by 1940 he was the helpless tool of the Fascists. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 35,350,000. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 35,350,000. | ||
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* [[Italy 1937-R 50 centesimi|1937 50 centesimi]] | * [[Italy 1937-R 50 centesimi|1937 50 centesimi]] | ||
* [[Italy 1938-R 5 centesimi|1938 5 centesimi]] | * [[Italy 1938-R 5 centesimi|1938 5 centesimi]] | ||
| + | * [[Italy 1940-R lira|1940 lira]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1940]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1940]] | ||
* return to coins of [[Italy]] | * return to coins of [[Italy]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Lissner Collection]] | [[Category:Selections from the Lissner Collection]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:14, 3 March 2026
This specimen was lot 585 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $72.60. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY, Regno d'Italia. Vittorio Emanuele III. 1900-1946. Stainless Steel 20 Centesimi. Rome mint. Dually dated year 18 of the Fascist Era and 1940 R. Reeded edge. Magnetic. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 66. Gem BU." This type was struck for the kingdom of Italy 1936-42 but only struck for circulation in 1936 and 1939-42. The coin was converted from nickel to to stainless steel in 1939, perhaps the first coin to use that metal. Vittorio Emanuele III succeeded his father Umberto upon the latter's assassination in 1900, but by 1940 he was the helpless tool of the Fascists.
Recorded mintage: 35,350,000.
Specification: 4 g, stainless steel, 21.7 mm diameter, designed by Giuseppe Romagnoli; this specimen Ø22 mm, 6.03 g, 6h axis.
Catalog reference: KM 75a; Mont 314.
- 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]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.
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