Watch List notes:

ITALY, Sardegna (Regno). Vittorio Emanuele II. As Re Eletto d'Italia, 1859-1861. AR Lira (22mm, 4.98 g, 6h). Firenze (Florence) mint; segni: Mt. Araldici/hand holding scepter. Luigi Gori, engraver. Marchese Luigi Ridolfi, director. Dated 1860. KM 9; C 85.1; Mont 115. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 64. Toned lightly over lustrous white silver. Nicest we have ever seen for type. Very seldom offered on this side of the Atlantic.


Purchased from Maison Platt.