Papal States 1750 grosso KM-968

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 57371

This specimen was lot 57371 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $384. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Papal (States of the Church). Grosso, 1750 Year XII. Benedict XIV. PCGS MS-62. Holy Year issue." The grosso was five baiocchi or one twentieth of a scudo. This type was struck for the Holy Year proclaimed in 1750. It also comes with regnal year XI.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.34 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Ber-2746, KM-968.

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.

Link to:

• 1740 grosso, sede vacante
• 1750 quattrino, Holy Year, Rome mint
• 1751 mezzo scudo romano
• 1751 zecchino
• (1752) grosso, year XIII, TOTA PULCHRA ES
• Coins and currency dated 1750