Papal States 1777 20 bolognini

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 57377

This specimen was lot 57377 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Papal (States of the Church). 20 Bolognini, 1777. Bologna Mint. Pius VI. PCGS EF-45." This type was issued in 1777 for Pius VI (1774-99) from the Bologna mint. At Bologna, 80 bolognini = one scudo instead of one hundred baiocchi as in Rome. Therefore twenty bolognini = twenty-five baiocchi = quarter scudo. This type is not listed as expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.28 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Ber-3051, KM-262.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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