Papal States 1700 testone KM-647

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^[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.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1700 giulio, Holy Door with four columns
• 1700 giulio sede vacante
• 1700 testone, Innocent XII, Holy Year
• 1700 piastra sede vacante
• (1700) piastra, Holy Door
• 1700-I piastra
• Coins and currency dated 1700