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[[Image:K354-6036.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 354, lot 6036]] | [[Image:K354-6036.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 354, lot 6036]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 6036 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €600 (about US$835 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ITALIEN, KIRCHENSTAAT/VATIKAN, Clemens XI. 1700-1721. Testone AN I/1700, Rom. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich.'' (Italy, [[Vatican|Papal States]], Clement XI, 1700-21, testone of the year 1, Rome mint. Handsome patina, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This is the commonest of the five testone listed for 1700: KM 644 (Innocent XII), 645 (sede vacante), 646 (sede vacante), 647, 648 (Clement XI, Holy Year, different shield). | + | This specimen was lot 6036 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €600 (about US$835 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ITALIEN, KIRCHENSTAAT/VATIKAN, Clemens XI. 1700-1721. Testone AN I/1700, Rom. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich.'' ([[Italy]], [[Vatican|Papal States]], Clement XI, 1700-21, testone of the year 1, Rome mint. Handsome patina, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This is the commonest of the five testone listed for 1700: KM 644 (Innocent XII), 645 (sede vacante), 646 (sede vacante), 647, 648 (Clement XI, Holy Year, different shield). |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 21:45, 28 December 2021
This specimen was lot 6036 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €600 (about US$835 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIEN, KIRCHENSTAAT/VATIKAN, Clemens XI. 1700-1721. Testone AN I/1700, Rom. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich. (Italy, Papal States, Clement XI, 1700-21, testone of the year 1, Rome mint. Handsome patina, extremely fine.)"
This is the commonest of the five testone listed for 1700: KM 644 (Innocent XII), 645 (sede vacante), 646 (sede vacante), 647, 648 (Clement XI, Holy Year, different shield).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.16 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 9.13 g.
Catalog reference: KM 647, Ber-2396, Muntoni 63.
- Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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