Papal States 1738 zecchino Fr-222

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Künker sale 403, lot 1552

This specimen was lot 1552 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,231 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PAPST CLEMENS XII., 1730-1740. Die Münzstätte Rom. Zecchino 1738, Rom. Die Kuppel des Tempels auf der Vorderseite mit kleinem Globus. GOLD. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Papal States, Clement XII, 1730-40, zecchino of 1738, Rome mint. The dome of the temple on the obverse with a small globe, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type is also known dated 1739 and undated.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.45 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,41 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-222; Muntoni 3; Toffanin 2487/1 (RR), Ber-2607, KM 888.

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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