Papal States 1721 scudo d'oro Fr-210

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Künker sale 403, lot 1540

This specimen was lot 1540 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €22,000 (about US$28,866 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SEDISVAKANZ 1721. Die Münzstätte Rom. Scudo d’oro 1721, Rom. Verziertes Wappen des Cardinale Annibale Albani, darüber gekreuzte Schlüssel und Tiara//Die Taube des Heiligen Geistes in Strahlen mit Flammen, im Abschnitt MDCCXXI / • [drei Ringe übereinander] •. GOLD. RR Feine Goldtönung, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Papal States, sede vacante, gold scudo of 1721, Rome mint. Obverse: Ornate arms of Cardinale Annibale Albani, crossed keys and tiara above; reverse: the dove of the Holy Spirit in rays with flames, in the exergue MDCCXXI / • [three rings one above the other] •. Very rare, fine gold patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

A sede vacante is the interregnum between the death of an incumbent pope and the election of his successor.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3,32 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-210; Muntoni 2; Toffanin 2390/1 (RRR), Ber-2512, KM 785.

Source:

  • Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
  • 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.
  • Francesco Muntoni, Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici, 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 403: Coins and Medals of the Popes - The significant collection of a southwest German entrepreneur, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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