Papal States (1722) 1/2 piastra

from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection

This date is listed in the SCWC for 1721-22. It is scarce. The mezza piastra was 52½ baiocchi, while the piastra, the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi (3½ testone). The denomination was last minted in 1742 and superseded by the mezzo scudo in 1753.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce, verging on rare.

Specification: 16.03 g, silver, 0.917 fine.

Catalog reference: KM-784, Ber-2518.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

Link to:

• (1711) mezza piastra, view of the Pantheon
• 1721 giulio, Lateran issue
• Gubbio (1722) quattrino
• Gubbio (1722) 1/2 baiocco KM-101
• (1722) mezzo grosso
• (1722) grosso
• (1722) giulio
• 1724 giulio sede vacante
• (1724) mezza piastra
• Coins and currency dated 1722
• return to coins of the Papal States