Papal States 1675 grosso KM-360

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Künker sale 403, lot 1389

This specimen was lot 1389 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €300 (about US$394 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PAPST CLEMENS X., 1670-1676. Die Münzstätte Rom. Grosso del Giubileo 1675, Rom. Mit spiegelverkehrtem N in CLEMENS. . Feine Patina, vorzüglich. (Papal States, Clement X, 1670-76, grosso for the jubilee of 1675, with a reversed "N" in CLEMENS, Rome mint. Fine patina, extremely fine.)"

This is one of a pair of grossi issued for the Holy Year of 1675; the other (KM 359) shows the Holy Door closed. The pope also issued four different testoni and four different piastri for the occasion.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.57 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 1,40 g.

Catalog reference: Berman 2028; Muntoni 38; Toffanin 1947/1 (R), KM 360.

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.
  • 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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