Live auction - fwo_1103244 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF SARDINIA - CHARLES-ALBERT 20 Lire 1840 Gênes

ITALY - KINGDOM OF SARDINIA - CHARLES-ALBERT 20 Lire 1840 Gênes AU

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Estimate :	900 €
Price :	722 €
Maximum bid :	722 €
End of the sale :	14 April 2026 19:00:35
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : 20 Lire

Date: 1840

Mint name / Town : Gênes

Quantity minted : 175647

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 6,47 g.

Edge : cannelée

Coments on the condition:

Infime nettoyage

Catalogue references :

Mont.62

Obverse

Obverse legend : CAR. ALBERTVS. D. G. REX. SARD. CYP. ET HIER./ 1840.

Obverse description : Tête nue de Charles-Albert à gauche ; signé F. sur la tranche du cou.

Obverse translation : (Charles Albert par la grâce de Dieu roi de Sardaigne de Chypre et de Jérusalem).

Reverse

Reverse legend : DVX. SAB. GENVAE ET. MONTISF. PRINC. PED. &./ L. - 20.

Reverse description : Écu couronné entouré du collier de l'Ordre de l’Annonciade entre deux branches d'olivier.

Reverse translation : (Duc de Savoie, de Gênes et Montferrat, prince du Piémont).

Commentary

Le type avec la tranche cannelée fut fabriqué suite aux lettres patentes du 29 mai 1832. Les pièces de 20 lires seront frappées pour les ateliers de Turin et de Gênes jusqu'à 1849.
The type with the fluted edge was produced following the letters patent of May 29, 1832. The 20 lire coins were struck for the Turin and Genoa mints until 1849.