Malta 1737 4 tari

Steve Album sale 30, lot 1366

This specimen was lot 1366 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $381.87. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MALTA: Ramon Despuig, 1736-1741, AR 4 tari, 1737, EF." In a monetary system borrowed from the Sicilians, twenty grani = one tari, twelve tari = one scudo and thirty tari = one piastra. This one year type is scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver; this specimen 4.26 g.

Catalog reference: KM-202.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

Link to:

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