Papal States 1746 baiocco KM-142

Stephen Album sale 38, lot 3508

This specimen was lot 3508 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $71.40. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PAPAL STATES: Benedict XIV, 1740-1758, AE baiocco, Ferrara, 1746-VI, choice VF." The SCWC marks this as a separate variety from KM-136, struck at Ferrara 1744-51. Berman merges this issue with that of 1744 and 1745. Each year saw a slightly different cartouche. After 1740, five quattrini = one baiocco; 100 baiocchi = one scudo.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-142, Ber-2816.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
• Francesco Muntoni, Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici, 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

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