Papal States 1866-R 20 baiocchi

Stephen Album sale 43, lot 2297

This specimen was lot 2297 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $156. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PAPAL STATES: Pius IX, 1846-1870, AR 20 baiocchi, Rome, 1866 year XX, a wonderful mint state example! PCGS graded MS64, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This type of 1865-66 is the final issue of this denomination. In 1866, the Papal states dropped the scudo and its subdivision the baiocco in favor of the lira used in the rest of Italy (one scudo = 5.375 lire).

Recorded mintage: 5,600,000.

Specification: 5.33 g, 0.835 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-1360a, Berman-3314.

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, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

Link to:

• 1865-R 20 baiocchi
• 1866-R centesimo
• 1866 4 soldi, year XXI
• 1866 gold 5 lire
• 1866 10 lire
• 1866 20 lire
• 1866 100 lire
• Coins and currency dated 1866