Ferrara (1719) 1/2 baiocco

Steve Album sale 27, lot 1483

This specimen was lot 1483 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PAPAL STATES: Clement XI, 1700-1721, AE ½ baiocco, Ferrara, ND-XIX (1719). VF." This mezzo baiocco was struck in 1719-20 for Clement XI (1700-21) at the Ferrara mint. The city, an independent duchy until 1598, struck silver and copper coins for the popes until 1756. This type is scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.2 g, copper, this specimen 6.78 g.

Catalog reference: KM-127, Ber-2495.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
• Francesco Muntoni, Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici, 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.

Link to:

• Ferrara (1721) 1/2 baiocco
• Coins and currency dated 1719
• return to coins of the Papal States