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This specimen was lot 1620 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €320 (about US$420 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Pius VI. 1775-1799. 2 Carlini ANNO XXII/1796, Rom. Stempelschneider Tommaso Mercandetti. Die Blätter des Lorbeerkranzes auf der Rückseite zeigen nach rechts. Vorzüglich.'' ([[Vatican|Papal States]], Pius VI, 1775-99, double carlino of year 22, 1796. The leaves of the laurel wreath on the reverse point to the right. Extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type was issued 1777-96 for Pius VI (1774-99) from the Rome mint. It is the last issue of this denomination and does not fit the quasidecimal system adopted in 1740 (ten baiocchi = one giulio, ten giulio = one scudo). Two carlini = half testone = fifteen baiocchi.
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This specimen was lot 1620 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €320 (about US$420 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Pius VI. 1775-1799. 2 Carlini ANNO XXII/1796, Rom. Stempelschneider Tommaso Mercandetti. Die Blätter des Lorbeerkranzes auf der Rückseite zeigen nach rechts. Vorzüglich.'' ([[Vatican|Papal States]], Pius VI, 1775-99, double carlino of year 22, 1796. The leaves of the laurel wreath on the reverse point to the right. Extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type was issued 1777-96 for Pius VI (1774-99) from the Rome mint. It is the last issue of this denomination and does not fit the quasidecimal system adopted in 1740 (ten baiocchi = one giulio, ten giulio = one scudo). Two carlini = half testone = fifteen baiocchi.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:10, 30 November 2024

Künker sale 403, lot 1620

This specimen was lot 1620 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €320 (about US$420 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Pius VI. 1775-1799. 2 Carlini ANNO XXII/1796, Rom. Stempelschneider Tommaso Mercandetti. Die Blätter des Lorbeerkranzes auf der Rückseite zeigen nach rechts. Vorzüglich. (Papal States, Pius VI, 1775-99, double carlino of year 22, 1796. The leaves of the laurel wreath on the reverse point to the right. Extremely fine.)"

This type was issued 1777-96 for Pius VI (1774-99) from the Rome mint. It is the last issue of this denomination and does not fit the quasidecimal system adopted in 1740 (ten baiocchi = one giulio, ten giulio = one scudo). Two carlini = half testone = fifteen baiocchi.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.6 g, 0.917 fine silver (actual weight varies, 4.24-5.65 g), this specimen 4.05 g.

Catalog reference: Muntoni 83; Toffanin 2782/2, Ber-2977, KM 1215.

Source:

  • Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
  • 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.
  • [1]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.

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