Papal States 1667 testone

from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection

This type was minted in 1667 as a sede vacante issue after the death of Alexander VII (1655-67). It is rather expensive in the condition shown. The testone was thirty baiocchi, while the piastra, the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi (3½ testone).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.59 g, silver, 0.917 fine.

Catalog reference: KM-308, Ber-1963.

Source:

• Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Francesco Muntoni, Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici, 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.

Link to:

• Ferrara 1620 testone
• (1655-67) testone
• 1667 giulio sede vacante
• (1667-69) piastra
• (1667) piastra
• (1667-69) quadrupla d'oro, Rome mint
• 1669 giulio sede vacante
• 1669 piastra
• 1669 testone sede vacante
• Coins and currency dated 1667
• return to coins of the Papal States