Papal States 1793 4 baiocchi

Steve Album sale 30, lot 1320

This type was issued 1777 and 1793-94 for Pius VI (1774-99) from the Rome mint and accompanies the similar eight (KM 1235) and twelve baiocchi (KM 1252) of the same year. 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). This specimen was lot 1320 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PAPAL STATES: Pius VI, 1775-1799, BI 4 baiocchi, 1793, VF."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 2.46 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1211, Ber-2984.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

Link to:

• 1777 4 baiocchi
• 1789 4 bolognini
• 1793 8 baiocchi
• 1793 12 baiocchi
• 1794 4 baiocchi
• Coins and currency dated 1793
• return to coins of the Papal States