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Auction 29 - The Lissner Collection 1-2 August 2014
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ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Ferdinando IV di Borbone. 1759-1798. AR Piastra – 120 Grana (40mm, 27.62 g, 6h). Napoli (Naples) mint. Antonio Planella, mintmaster. Dated 1796 P MAP. KM 215; C 66b; Montenegro 214; Davenport 1409. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 64. Choice uncirculated with just a bit of light patina with no adjustment marks. Finest for date and only one MS 65 for the whole type. Very rare this choice. A great coin for type.
Purchased from Frank Lapa, January 1975 (6 months before his arrest and conviction for killing a fellow dealer from Chicago). Quite a character but a good numismatist.
Purchased from Frank Lapa, January 1975 (6 months before his arrest and conviction for killing a fellow dealer from Chicago). Quite a character but a good numismatist.