Papal States 1736 testone KM-865

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Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 57367
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This specimen was lot 57367 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Papal (States of the Church). Testone, 1736 Year VI. Clement XII. PCGS AU-58." Berman notes that St. Andrew Corsini, depicted on the reverse, came from the same family as Clement XII. This type was struck years V and VI and is rather scarce. At least eight other types of testone are recorded for 1736, all scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.95 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Ber-2626, KM-865.

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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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