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This specimen was lot 75741 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "ITALY. [[Vatican|Papal (States of the Church)]]. 1/2 Baiocco, Year IX (1783/4). Rome Mint. Pius VI. PCGS MS-64 Brown." This type is listed for 1783-84 and was struck in Rome. It is undated but shows the regnal year (IX) on the obverse. The early coinage of the Papal States used an antique monetary system. After 1830, five quattrini = one baiocco; 100 baiocchi = one scudo.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 5.2 g, copper.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-1224, [[On the coinage of the Papal States|Berman-2997]].

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

''Links to:''
* [[Bologna 1781 1/2 baiocco]]
* [[Papal States 1782 grosso|1782 grosso]]
* [[Papal States (1783) quattrino|(1783) quattrino]]
* [[Papal States (1783) baiocco|(1783) baiocco]]
* [[Papal States 1783 zecchino Fr-243|1783 zecchino]]
* [[Papal States 1783 doppia d'oro Fr-246|1783 ''doppia d'oro'']]
* [[Papal States (1784) 1/2 baiocco|(1784) ''mezzo baiocco'']]
* [[Papal States (1784) grosso|(1784) grosso]]
* [[Bologna 1784 baiocco]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1783]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]]

Papal States (1783) 1/2 baiocco - Revision history

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