Papal States 1850-R 1/2 baiocco

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Steve Album Auction 52, lot 2672

This specimen was lot 2672 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $84. The catalog description[1] noted, "PAPAL STATES: Pius IX, 1846-1878, AE 1/2 baiocco, Rome, 1850 year V, ornate shield, a lovely lustrous caramel red-brown mint state example! PCGS graded MS63 RB." The first coinage reform in the Papal States was implemented in the early 1830's during the reign of Gregory XVI (1831-46). All the doppie, zecchini, guili, testoni, etc., were dropped in favor of a silver scudo divided into one hundred baiocchi. This type was struck at Rome and Bologna for Pius IX 1850-52. The previous type had an oval shield (KM 1340). Another coinage reform in 1866 dropped the scudo in favor of the lira used in the rest of the kingdom of Italy.

Recorded mintage: 5,552,000.

Specification: 5 g, copper, 23.5 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-1355, Ber-3328.

Source:

  • Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
  • Gigante, Fabio, Gigante 2016: Catalogo Nazionale delle Monete Italiano Dal '700 All'Euro, 24a ed. Varese, Italy, 2015.
  • Montenegro, Eupremio, Montenegro 2015: Manuale del Collezionista di Monete Italiane, 30 ed., Torino, Italy: Montenegro s.a.s., 2014.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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 Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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