Papal States (1720) scudo d'oro Fr-207
This specimen was lot 520 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €5,000 (about US$6,487 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIEN, KIRCHENSTAAT/VATIKAN, Clemens XI. 1700-1721. Scudo d'oro A XX (1720), Rom. GOLD. R Sehr attraktives Exemplar, kl. Kratzer, sonst fast Stempelglanz. (Italy, Papal States, Clements XI, 1700-21, gold scudo of the year XX (1720), Rome mint. Rare, very attractive example, minor scratches, still about uncirculated.)"
This long pontificate saw the issue of many different gold scudi (Ber-2351 thru -2370). This is one of the rarer ones. It is dated to 1720 by the "·A·XX" on the obverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.36 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3.31 g.
Catalog reference: KM 775, Ber-2356, Fr-207; Muntoni 17.
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- Francesco Muntoni, Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici, 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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