Papal States 1796 testone

from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection

This type is listed in the SCWC for 1785-96 and is the last testone of the eighteenth century. The testone was thirty baiocchi, while the scudo was one hundred baiocchi. The SCWC notes this type as common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.92 g, silver, 0.917 fine.

Catalog reference: KM-1048, Ber-2962.

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.

Link to:

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• 1796 baiocco, Bologna mint
• 1796 2 baiocchi, Ancona mint
• 1796 2 baiocchi, Bologna mint
• 1796 2 bolognini
• 1796 2½ baiocchi, Ancona mint
• 1796 2½ baiocchi, Civitavecchia mint
• 1796 2½ baiocchi, Fermo mint
• 1796 2½ baiocchi, Foligno mint
• 1796 2½ baiocchi, Gubbio mint
• 1796 2½ baiocchi, Pergola mint
• 1796 2½ baiocchi, Perugia mint
• 1796 2½ baiocchi, Rome mint
• 1796 2½ baiocchi, San Severino mint
• 1796 2½ baiocchi, Viterbo mint
• 1796 2 carlini = ½ testone
• 1796 60 baiocchi
• 1796 5 paoli (mezzo scudo), Bologna mint
• 1796 scudo, Bologna mint
• 1803-R testone
• Coins and currency dated 1796
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