Vatican City 1937 5 lire

from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection

This type was issued 1929-37 for Pius XI, the first pope to rule over the newly independent Vatican City. It is common. It matches the weight and fineness of a pre-WWI Italian lira or French franc.

Recorded mintage: 40,000.

Specification: 5 g, .835 fine silver, 23 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 7, Ber-3355.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1929 5 lire
• Vatican City 1934 5 centesimi
• Vatican City 1934 50 centesimi
• 1937 10 centesimi
• Vatican City 1937 50 centesimi
• Vatican City 1937 2 lire
• Vatican City 1937 100 lire
• 1939 5 centesimi
• 1939 5 lire, sede vacante
• 1939 5 lire, Pius XII
• 1940 5 lire
• Coins and currency dated 1937
• return to coins of the Vatican