Vatican City 1934 5 centesimi

from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection

This type is listed in the SCWC for the Holy Year of 1933-34. It is 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: 100,000.

Specification: bronze, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 11, Ber-3370.

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 5 centesimi
• Vatican City 1931 2 lire
• Vatican City 1933-34 lira
• Vatican City 1934 50 centesimi
• 1934 100 lire
• Vatican City 1939 5 centesimi
• Coins and currency dated 1934
• return to coins of the Vatican