Watch List notes:

ITALY, Regno d'Italia. Umberto I. 1878-1900. AR 5 Lire (36mm, 25.01 g, 6h). Rome mint. Dated 1879 R. KM 20; Mont 33. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 64 WINGS APPROVED. Brilliant uncirculated with fully frosted bust and fully prooflike surfaces. Hint of toning on the reverse. Two year only type. Finest of the type this cataloguer has ever seen. A most impressive coin.


Purchased from Robert Westfall, June 1972.