Papal States 1735 testone KM-865

from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection

This date is listed in the SCWC for 1735-36 only. The reverse depicts St. Andrew Corsini receiving a bishop's miter from an angel. 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-865, Ber-2630.

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:

• (1715) piastra
• 1734 testone, QVERITE VT ABVNDETIS
• 1735 baiocco, Gubbio mint
• (1735) grosso, St. Peter reverse
• (1735) grosso, St. Paul reverse
• (1735) giulio, bust obverse, A·A·A/ F·F/ RESTITVTVM/ COMMERC· in wreath
• 1735 giulio, bust obverse, A·A·A/ F·F/ RESTITVTVM/ COMMERC· in wreath
• (1735) giulio, arms obverse, A·A·A/ F·F/ RESTITVTVM/ COMMERC· in wreath
• 1735 testone, URBE NOBILITATA in cartouche
• 1735 testone, URBE NOBILITATA in laurel wreath
• 1735-H testone
• 1735 scudo d'oro, bust obverse
• 1736 testone, GENVS·ALTO A·SANGVINE, St. Andrew Corsini
• 1736 testone, DECVS PATRIAE
• 1736 testone, arms obverse, COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX reverse
• 1736 testone, bust obverse, COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX reverse
• (1736) testone, DABIS DESCERNERE INTER·MALVM ET·BONVM
• 1736 testone, DABIS DESCERNERE INTER·MALVM ET·BONVM
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