Papal States 1780 5 bolognini KM-272
This specimen was lot 5034 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,307 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIEN, KIRCHENSTAAT/VATIKAN Pius VI., 1775-1799. Carolino da 5 Baiocchi (1/2 Paolo) 1780, Rom. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 65 (Top Pop) (6643812-019). Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. (Italy, Papal States, Pius VI, 1775-99, carlino of five baiocchi or half paolo of 1780, Rome mint. Graded NGC MS-65, rare in this quality, choice example.)"
This type was issued 1778-80 and 1783 for Pius VI (1775-99) from the Bologna mint (not Rome). At Bologna, 80 bolognini = one scudo instead of one hundred baiocchi as in Rome. Therefore four bolognini = five baiocchi = one grosso. Other five bolognini exist for 1780 (KM 274).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.32 g, 0.917 fine silver, 19 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 272, Ber-3060, Muntoni 232 b; Toffanin 2837/7.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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