Papal States 1734 testone KM-852

from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection

This date is listed in the SCWC for 1734 only. The testone was thirty baiocchi, while the piastra, the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi (3½ testone).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.95 g, silver, 0.917 fine.

Catalog reference: KM-852, Ber-2631.

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:

• 1733 testone NE FORRE OFFENDICVLVM FIAT
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• (1734) testone, arms obverse, POPVLIS IMMVNI EMPORIO DONATIS reverse
• (1734) mezza piastra, FRVSTRA VIGILAT QVI CVSTODIT
• 1734 scudo d'oro
• 1735-H testone
• 1735 testone URBE NOBILITATA
• Coins and currency dated 1734
• return to coins of the Papal States