Papal States 1736 testone KM-878 - Revision history

LatinKing2020 at 18:08, 29 July 2026

2026-07-29T18:08:14Z

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "* 1736 testone, arms obverse, ''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse" to "* MDCCXXXVI (1736) testone, arms obverse, ''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse * MDCCXXXVI (1736)-H testone, arms obverse, ''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse"

2026-07-29T18:02:30Z

Text replacement - "* 1736 testone, arms obverse, ''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse" to "* MDCCXXXVI (1736) testone, arms obverse, ''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse * MDCCXXXVI (1736)-H testone, arms obverse, ''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse"

LatinKing2020: added third specimen

2025-05-07T23:26:19Z

added third specimen

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "(Osnabruck" to "(Osnabrück"

2024-12-01T00:01:12Z

Text replacement - "(Osnabruck" to "(Osnabrück"

LatinKing2020: added image

2024-04-10T18:46:55Z

added image

LatinKing2020: added second specimen

2024-04-10T18:46:12Z

added second specimen

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "''COMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX''" to "''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX''"

2024-04-10T18:36:37Z

Text replacement - "''COMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX''" to "''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX''"

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "|(1736) giulio]]" to "|(1736) giulio, "ABVNDET IN GLORIAM DEI" in cartouche]]"

2024-04-10T18:33:09Z

Text replacement - "|(1736) giulio]]" to "|(1736) giulio, "ABVNDET IN GLORIAM DEI" in cartouche]]"

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "* 1736 testone, arms obverse, ''COMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse * [[Papal States 1736 testone KM-875"

2024-04-10T18:31:23Z

Text replacement - "* [[Papal States 1736 testone KM-875" to "* 1736 testone, arms obverse, ''COMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse * [[Papal States 1736 testone KM-875"

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "|1736 testone, ''COMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX''" to "|1736 testone, bust obverse, ''COMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse"

2024-04-10T18:24:23Z

Text replacement - "|1736 testone, ''COMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX''" to "|1736 testone, bust obverse, ''COMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse"

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 * [[Papal States 1736 testone KM-874|MDCCXXXVI (1736) testone, arms obverse, ''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse]]
 * [[Papal States 1736-H testone KM-874|MDCCXXXVI (1736)-H testone, arms obverse, ''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse]]
-* [[Papal States 1736 testone KM-875|1736 testone, bust obverse, ''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse]]
+* [[Papal States 1736 testone KM-875|MDCCXXXVI (1736) testone, bust obverse, ''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse]]
 * [[Papal States (1736) testone KM-877|(1736) testone, ''DABIS DESCERNERE INTER·MALVM ET·BONVM'']]
 * [[Papal States 1746 testone|1746 testone, Benedict XIV]]

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 * [[Papal States 1736 testone KM-865|1736 testone, ''GENVS·ALTO A·SANGVINE'', St. Andrew Corsini]]
 * [[Papal States 1736 testone KM-873|1736 testone, ''DECVS PATRIAE'']]
-* [[Papal States 1736 testone KM-874|1736 testone, arms obverse, ''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse]]
+* [[Papal States 1736 testone KM-874|MDCCXXXVI (1736) testone, arms obverse, ''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse]]
 * [[Papal States 1736 testone KM-875|1736 testone, bust obverse, ''COMMODITAS·VIARVM·REDVX'' reverse]]
 * [[Papal States (1736) testone KM-877|(1736) testone, ''DABIS DESCERNERE INTER·MALVM ET·BONVM'']]

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 [[Image:Papal States KM-878 rev Tom F.jpg|300px|thumb]]
 [[Image:K403-1569.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 403, lot 1569]]
-This type is listed in the SCWC for 1736 along with at least eight other types of testone, all scarce. It is very similar to [[Papal States (1736) testone KM-877|KM 877]] but is dated. The testone was thirty baiocchi, while the [[Papal States (1715) piastra Dav-1448|piastra]], the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi. The second specimen was lot 1569 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,115 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''PAPST CLEMENS XII., 1730-1740. Die Münzstätte Rom. Testone 1736, Rom. Ohne Stempelschneidersignatur. Mit DABIS / DISCERNERE / INTER • MALVM / ET • BONVM und dem Wappen des Presidente della zecca, Monsieur Nicolò Casoni, auf der Rückseite. Feine Patina, vorzüglich.'' ([[Vatican|Papal States]], Clement XII, 1730-40, testone of 1736, Rome mint, without engraver's initials, with "DABIS / DISCERNERE / INTER • MALVM / ET • BONVM" ('You can discern between bad and good') and the arms of the mintmaster on the reverse. Fine patina, extremely fine.)"</blockquote>
+This type is listed in the SCWC for 1736 along with at least eight other types of testone, all scarce. It is very similar to [[Papal States (1736) testone KM-877|KM 877]] but is dated. The testone was thirty baiocchi, while the [[Papal States (1715) piastra Dav-1448|piastra]], the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi. The second specimen was lot 1569 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,115 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''PAPST CLEMENS XII., 1730-1740. Die Münzstätte Rom. Testone 1736, Rom. Ohne Stempelschneidersignatur. Mit DABIS / DISCERNERE / INTER • MALVM / ET • BONVM und dem Wappen des Presidente della zecca, Monsieur Nicolò Casoni, auf der Rückseite. Feine Patina, vorzüglich.'' ([[Vatican|Papal States]], Clement XII, 1730-40, testone of 1736, Rome mint, without engraver's initials, with "DABIS / DISCERNERE / INTER • MALVM / ET • BONVM" ('You can discern between bad and good') and the arms of the mintmaster on the reverse. Fine patina, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The third specimen was lot 1110 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "PAPAL STATES: Clement XII, 1730-40, AR testone, 1736, DABIS / DISCERNERE / INTER MALVM / ET BONVM (You can discern between good and evil), NGC graded AU58."
 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
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 * Francesco Muntoni, ''Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici'', 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.
 * <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Katalog 403: Coins and Medals of the Popes - The significant collection of a southwest German entrepreneur,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
 ''Link to:''
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 * return to coins of the [[Vatican|Papal States]]
-[[Category:Selections from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection]][[Category: Selections from Kunker sale 403, 404, 405, 406]]
+[[Category:Selections from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection]][[Category: Selections from Kunker sale 403, 404, 405, 406]][[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 51]]

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 [[Image:K403-1569.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 403, lot 1569]]
-This type is listed in the SCWC for 1736 along with at least eight other types of testone, all scarce. It is very similar to [[Papal States (1736) testone KM-877|KM 877]] but is dated. The testone was thirty baiocchi, while the [[Papal States (1715) piastra Dav-1448|piastra]], the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi. The second specimen was lot 1569 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,115 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''PAPST CLEMENS XII., 1730-1740. Die Münzstätte Rom. Testone 1736, Rom. Ohne Stempelschneidersignatur. Mit DABIS / DISCERNERE / INTER • MALVM / ET • BONVM und dem Wappen des Presidente della zecca, Monsieur Nicolò Casoni, auf der Rückseite. Feine Patina, vorzüglich.'' ([[Vatican|Papal States]], Clement XII, 1730-40, testone of 1736, Rome mint, without engraver's initials, with "DABIS / DISCERNERE / INTER • MALVM / ET • BONVM" ('You can discern between bad and good') and the arms of the mintmaster on the reverse. Fine patina, extremely fine.)"</blockquote>
+This type is listed in the SCWC for 1736 along with at least eight other types of testone, all scarce. It is very similar to [[Papal States (1736) testone KM-877|KM 877]] but is dated. The testone was thirty baiocchi, while the [[Papal States (1715) piastra Dav-1448|piastra]], the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi. The second specimen was lot 1569 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,115 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''PAPST CLEMENS XII., 1730-1740. Die Münzstätte Rom. Testone 1736, Rom. Ohne Stempelschneidersignatur. Mit DABIS / DISCERNERE / INTER • MALVM / ET • BONVM und dem Wappen des Presidente della zecca, Monsieur Nicolò Casoni, auf der Rückseite. Feine Patina, vorzüglich.'' ([[Vatican|Papal States]], Clement XII, 1730-40, testone of 1736, Rome mint, without engraver's initials, with "DABIS / DISCERNERE / INTER • MALVM / ET • BONVM" ('You can discern between bad and good') and the arms of the mintmaster on the reverse. Fine patina, extremely fine.)"</blockquote>
 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

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 [[Image:Papal States KM-878 obv Tom F.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection]]
 [[Image:Papal States KM-878 rev Tom F.jpg|300px|thumb]]
 This type is listed in the SCWC for 1736 along with at least eight other types of testone, all scarce. It is very similar to [[Papal States (1736) testone KM-877|KM 877]] but is dated. The testone was thirty baiocchi, while the [[Papal States (1715) piastra Dav-1448|piastra]], the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi. The second specimen was lot 1569 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,115 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''PAPST CLEMENS XII., 1730-1740. Die Münzstätte Rom. Testone 1736, Rom. Ohne Stempelschneidersignatur. Mit DABIS / DISCERNERE / INTER • MALVM / ET • BONVM und dem Wappen des Presidente della zecca, Monsieur Nicolò Casoni, auf der Rückseite. Feine Patina, vorzüglich.'' ([[Vatican|Papal States]], Clement XII, 1730-40, testone of 1736, Rome mint, without engraver's initials, with "DABIS / DISCERNERE / INTER • MALVM / ET • BONVM" ('You can discern between bad and good') and the arms of the mintmaster on the reverse. Fine patina, extremely fine.)"</blockquote>

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 [[Image:Papal States KM-878 rev Tom F.jpg|300px|thumb]]
-This type is listed in the SCWC for 1736 along with at least eight other types of testone, all scarce. It is very similar to [[Papal States (1736) testone KM-877|KM 877]] but is dated. The testone was thirty baiocchi, while the [[Papal States (1715) piastra Dav-1448|piastra]], the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi.
+This type is listed in the SCWC for 1736 along with at least eight other types of testone, all scarce. It is very similar to [[Papal States (1736) testone KM-877|KM 877]] but is dated. The testone was thirty baiocchi, while the [[Papal States (1715) piastra Dav-1448|piastra]], the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi. The second specimen was lot 1569 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,115 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''PAPST CLEMENS XII., 1730-1740. Die Münzstätte Rom. Testone 1736, Rom. Ohne Stempelschneidersignatur. Mit DABIS / DISCERNERE / INTER • MALVM / ET • BONVM und dem Wappen des Presidente della zecca, Monsieur Nicolò Casoni, auf der Rückseite. Feine Patina, vorzüglich.'' ([[Vatican|Papal States]], Clement XII, 1730-40, testone of 1736, Rome mint, without engraver's initials, with "DABIS / DISCERNERE / INTER • MALVM / ET • BONVM" ('You can discern between bad and good') and the arms of the mintmaster on the reverse. Fine patina, extremely fine.)"</blockquote>
 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
-''Specification:'' 7.93 g, silver, 0.917 fine.
+''Specification:'' 7.93 g, silver, 0.917 fine. The second specimen is 8,25 g.
-''Catalog reference:'' KM-878, [[On the coinage of the Papal States|Ber-2624]].
+''Catalog reference:'' Muntoni 28; Toffanin 2505/2 (R), KM-878, [[On the coinage of the Papal States|Ber-2624]].
 ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
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 * 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.
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 * [[Papal States 1736 grosso KM-870|1736 grosso, IN CIBOS PAVPERVM, year VII]]
 * [[Papal States 1736 grosso KM-871|1736 grosso, TOLLE ET PROIICE]]
-* [[Papal States (1736) giulio KM-849|(1736) giulio, "A·A·A/ F·F/ RESTITVTVM/ COMMERC·" in cartouche]]
+* [[Papal States (1736) giulio KM-849|(1736) giulio, ''A·A·A/ F·F/ RESTITVTVM/ COMMERC·'' in cartouche]]
-* [[Papal States (1736) giulio KM-850|(1736) giulio, "ABVNDET IN GLORIAM DEI" in cartouche]]
+* [[Papal States (1736) giulio KM-850|(1736) giulio, ''ABVNDET IN GLORIAM DEI'' in cartouche]]
 * [[Papal States 1736 testone KM-865|1736 testone, ''GENVS·ALTO A·SANGVINE'', St. Andrew Corsini]]
 * [[Papal States 1736 testone KM-873|1736 testone, ''DECVS PATRIAE'']]
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 * return to coins of the [[Vatican|Papal States]]
-[[Category:Selections from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection]]
+[[Category:Selections from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection]][[Category: Selections from Kunker sale 403, 404, 405, 406]]