The 50 lire, 1864, one of the highest rarity numismatic of the Kingdom of Italy with only 103 specimens minted strike again: on 4 November last, in fact, in the boom of the Numismatica Ranieri number 18 held at the Royal Carlton Hotel Bologna, a specimen of this coin is the fairy tale is passed under the hammer of the auctioneer for the well-240,000 euros, to which they are to be added to the 20% of the rights for a record price of 288.000€.
The anonymous buyer, who is disputed by the remote 50 lire 1864 with another collector, it is then finished in one of the finest specimens ever appeared on the market in this absolute rarity that, in slab NGC with grading MS61, was judged by the authors of the catalog “the Most Spl / qFdc”.
A battle to the blows of bids from € 150,000 to the base of the auction.
Game catalog from € 150,000, the coin opened with a pre-offer of 180,000 euros and, after several bids from 5000 and 10,000 euros, at the time of the award has literally snatched the applause of the hall, in which were found several dozens of collectors.
The 50 lire 1864 represent the only existing to this nominal, wrought by the mint of Turin, with the weight of 15,125 grams and with a diameter 27.50 mm. With an up to 900 thousandths, the type you place in the canons of the coinage of the period, and – curiosity that few know of – in the year indicated on the coin were minted only a few pieces while the circulation of 103 known officially came from the presses of the workshop monetary in the course of 1867.
Today, given the dispersion and the rifusioni, we can estimate that of the 50 lire 1864 there are around a dozen pieces. Easy to understand, so, as this round the cones were bulinati by Giuseppe Ferraris has produced, in every step of the auction, astronomical figures.
For example, recall that the same specimen was gone on sale from Bolaffi in 2021 by checking 155,000 more rights; going back in time, in an auction in the MDC in 2019, he was instead of 180,000 euros more rights than the price paid for a 50 lire 1864, and it was a specimen with grading bottom, AU58.
The manufacturing record of the lot 750 crown of an auction – the number 18 of Numismatica Ranieri – who has confirmed, with the highest percentage of sold and perform to the hand – the state of health of numismatics, the species that is selected and quality. To cite in fact, in the rest of the catalog, i realize the important facts of numerous coins in gold of the XIX and XX century, from examples of chinese silver, and many other decimal Italian.
Higher and higher: this is the motto of the 50 lire 1864