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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1574420, member: 15445&quot;]<b>NGC graded it MS65 RB.&nbsp; The Italy coins of this era were minted in Florence and Birmingham, UK.&nbsp; My 5 centesimi, was minted in Birmingham, and even though the date is 1859, it was apparently minted in 1860.&nbsp; This 5 centesimi coin was posted on a previous CT thread.&nbsp; On page 63, post #938 of this CT thread, Petronius provided the following information describing the striking of this Tuscany coin. </b><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t165399-63/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t165399-63/">http://www.cointalk.com/t165399-63/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"><font size="2">The period of reign of Vittorio Emanuele II which goes from 1859 to 1861 is also indicated as &quot;Re Eletto&quot; (King Elected). In fact, in 1860, the Duchy of Parma, the Duchy of Modena and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany vote the plebiscite for union with the Kingdom. In the same year Vittorio Emanuele conquered, by military force, Kingdom of Two Sicilies, by Spedizione dei Mille (Expedition of the Thousand) leaded by Giuseppe Garibaldi, and Emilia-Romagna, Marche (my region), Umbria, taken from the Papal States. All these territories were annexed to the kingdom via plebiscites.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"><font size="2"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"><font size="2">Kingdom of Italy was officially established on March 17, 1861, but during the period of &quot;Re Eletto&quot;, Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany struck some coins. </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"><font size="2"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"><font size="2">Tuscany, on September 29, 1859, adopted the decimal monetary system, but Leopoldo II of Lorena (last Grand Duke of Tuscany) don&#039;t struck coins with this system.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"><font size="2"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"><font size="2">Then, in Tuscany were struck these coins, in decimal system, by provisional government for Vittorio Emanuele II &quot;Re Eletto&quot;:</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"><font size="2"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"><font size="2">2 lire, silver, 1860-1861</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"><font size="2">1 lira, silver, 1859-1860</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"><font size="2">50 centesimi, silver, 1860-1861</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"><font size="2">5 centesimi, copper, 1859 (your coin)</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"><font size="2">2 centesimi, copper, 1859</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"><font size="2">1 centesimo, copper, 1859</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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