Malta 1780 6 tari

Stephen Album sale 47, lot 1345

This specimen was lot 1345 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ORDER OF MALTA: Emmanuel de Rohan, 1775-1797, AR 6 tari, 1780, two-year type, light tone, PCGS graded XF45." This type was struck 1776 and 1780. It is not listed as expensive but it likely scarcer than the catalog indicates. The Maltese used currency derived from their neighbors the Sicilians; 20 grani = one tari, 12 tari = one scudo. The crown size coin was thirty tari.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-303.1.

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 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• 1776 6 tari
• 1779 2 tari
• 1779 15 tari
• 1779 30 tari
• 1779 5 scudi, gold
• 1781 30 tari
• Malta 1786 tari
• Coins and currency dated 1780