Papal States 1796 60 baiocchi

from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection

This type was issued 1793-99 and seems to be the only issue of this denomination. It does not fit the quasidecimal system adopted in 1740 (ten baiocchi = one giulio, ten giulio = one scudo). It may have been intended to be a double testone (one testone = thirty baiocchi). A scarce variety (KM 1236.1) shows the date as 1769.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 16.14 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 1236, Ber-2973.

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.

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