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Italian coins NAPLES Ferdinand II (1830-1859) Half Tornese 1854 - Nomisma missing CU (g 5.10) RRRR 4 rebated on 3 (?). The 1854 half Tornese of the second type with adult effigy and raised tuft of hair dated 1854 is extremely rare and until this specimen, now proposed, its existence was also questioned because with this date the type with mature and larger head is known; of the latter, in fact, specimens are known with the vintage 1853/1854 and a double mintage dated1854 with different effigies, beyond the date 1853 of released coins in the mint of the third type, for Magliocca appeared anachronistic, a chronological order of dates/effigies was exceeded; the author of the volume on the coinage of Naples at the time ruled out the type because the coin had never been noticed and never appeared in numismatic auctions. True, too, that the last digit of the date, i.e., the 4 and punched on an earlier number 3 of the date, thus on a specimen originally dated 1853 but of the second type. - FDC

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Italian coins NAPLES Ferdinand II (1830-1859) Half Tornese 1854 - Nomisma missing CU (g 5.10) RRRR 4 rebated on 3 (?). The 1854 half Tornese of the second type with adult effigy and raised tuft of hair dated 1854 is extremely rare and until this specimen, now proposed, its existence was also questioned because with this date the type with mature and larger head is known; of the latter, in fact, specimens are known with the vintage 1853/1854 and a double mintage dated1854 with different effigies, beyond the date 1853 of released coins in the mint of the third type, for Magliocca appeared anachronistic, a chronological order of dates/effigies was exceeded; the author of the volume on the coinage of Naples at the time ruled out the type because the coin had never been noticed and never appeared in numismatic auctions. True, too, that the last digit of the date, i.e., the 4 and punched on an earlier number 3 of the date, thus on a specimen originally dated 1853 but of the second type. - FDC

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