Papal States 1803-R testone
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This specimen was lot 1833 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "PAPAL STATES: Pius VII, 1800-1823, AR testone, 1803-R, two-year type, Arabic numerals in date, Very Good to Fine, RRR, ex Wolfgang Schuster Collection." This scarce type was also struck in 1802. A testone was thirty baiocchi.
Recorded mintage: 8,100.
Specification: 30 mm diameter, 7.95 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Gig-38, Ber-3228, KM-1071.
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- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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