Papal States 1767 2 giulio
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This specimen was lot 897 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $570. The catalog description[1] noted, "PAPAL STATES: Clement XIII, 1758-1769, AR 2 giulio, 1767 year X, a lovely lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS63." This type was struck 1758-59 and 1766-69. Another double giulio featured the portrait of pope Clement XIII (KM 998). The doppio giulio was twenty baiocchi, while the scudo was one hundred baiocchi. The SCWC notes this type as fairly common, altho this example sold for nearly five times the catalog value.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.38 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-981, Berman-2898.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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