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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 5254260, member: 102103&quot;]My local coin shop had a lot of coins from an Italian type set for sale, and I was happy with this pickup:&nbsp; United Provinces of Central Italy, <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces23976.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces23976.html" rel="nofollow">50 Centesimi, 1860</a>.&nbsp; It&#039;s from a transitional period as Italy was uniting, and has Vittorio Emanuele II as &quot;Re Eletto&quot; (king-elect).&nbsp; The price was only about twice melt ($3.75), which I think was probably a bargain for this type.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219194[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, here are 2 slightly later 50 centesimi from United Italy, <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15464.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15464.html" rel="nofollow">1863</a> and <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4258.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4258.html" rel="nofollow">1866</a>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219201[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219202[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The 50 centesimi from 1860-2 are 0.900 silver, and the ones from 1863-7 are 0.835 fine.&nbsp; Apparently a rising silver price was keeping these coins from circulating at the time.&nbsp; I believe the 1863 with the shield reverse in 0.835 is a single year type.&nbsp; The &quot;50 centesimi&quot; reverse type was also minted starting in 1863, through 1867.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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