Papal States 1721 grosso KM-778

from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection

This date is listed in the SCWC for 1721 for Innocent XIII (1721-24) to honor the Lateran palace. The other issue has a motto reverse (KM 779). The grosso was five baiocchi or one twentieth of a scudo. Many varieties were issued in the 1720's.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rather scarce.

Specification: 1.49 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-779, Ber-2525.

Source:

• Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Francesco Muntoni, Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici, 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.

Link to:

• (1714) grosso, year XV
• Ferrara (1721) 1/2 baiocco
• Gubbio (1721) quattrino
• (1721-24) mezzo grosso
• 1721 mezzo grosso, Lateran issue
• (1721-24) giulio, Innocent XIII
• 1721 giulio, Lateran issue
• 1721 scudo d'oro, sede vacante
• (1722) grosso
• Coins and currency dated 1721
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