Papal States 1689 testone KM-496

from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection

This type was minted in 1689 as a sede vacante issue after the death of Innocent XI. The SCWC lists two different testone for 1689, one sede vacante (shown here) and one for Innocent XI. The testone was thirty baiocchi, while the piastra, the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi (3½ testone).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.16 g, silver, 0.917 fine.

Catalog reference: Ber-2160, KM-496.

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:

• 1685 testone
• 1689 mezzo grosso, sede vacante
• 1689 grosso, sede vacante
• 1689 giulio, sede vacante
• 1689 giulio, Alexander VIII, Lateran issue
• 1689 giulio, Alexander VIII, St. Bruno kneeling
• 1689 testone, MELIVS EST DARE QVAM ACCIPERE
• (1689-90) testone, Alexander VIII
• 1689 piastra, sede vacante
• 1690 testone, SS. Magnus and Bruno standing
• 1690 testone, RE FRVMENTARIA RESTITVTA, Alexander VIII
• Coins and currency dated 1689
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