Vatican City 1936 100 lire

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Künker sale 293, lot 86

This specimen was lot 86 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €440 (about US$593 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"ITALIEN, KIRCHENSTAAT/VATIKAN. Pius XI. 1922-1939. 100 Lire ANNO XV/1936, Rom. GOLD. Vorzüglich +. (Vatican City, Pius XI, 1922-39, 100 lire of 1936, year 15, Rome. Choice extremely fine.)"

Normal relations with the Italian government were not restored until Mussolini signed a concordat in 1929, granting the Pope sovereignty over Vatican City. Coinage began that year, struck at the Rome mint. Coins are issued for the Vatican City in symbolic amounts but as they are eagerly saved as souvenirs by tourists, they are not in short supply for collectors. This type, struck 1936-38 for Pius XI, is common as gold coins go. The Vatican hundred lire was reduced from 8.8 g to 5.19 grams in 1936. The lira was retired in 1999 when Italy joined the euro.

Recorded mintage: 8,239.

Specification: 5.19 g, 0.900 fine gold, 20.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 10, Fr-285; Pagani 619; Schl. 175, Ber-3353.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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