Vatican City 1931 2 lire

from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection

This type is listed in the SCWC for 1929-37. It is fairly common. It is part of the inaugural series of Vatican coinage issued after the Concordat of 1929 between Mussolini and Pius IX which restored papal sovereignty over the Vatican City.

Recorded mintage: 50,000.

Specification: nickel, 29 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 6, Ber-3356.

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:

• 1930 2 lire
• Vatican City 1931 100 lire
• Vatican City 1934 5 centesimi
• Vatican City 1937 2 lire
• Coins and currency dated 1931
• return to coins of the Vatican