Post Your Papal States Coins - Reverse Chronological Schedule By Ruler

Nice add!
I don't know how I missed that giulio you posted a week ago. Lovely coin (I think I have the version struck in either Ancona or Pesaro). Classic iconograhy of Paul holding a sword (for his pre-Christian profession) and a book.
Though in my opinion iIt would have been more apt to show him sitting writing letters with the sword in the background (but that's why I'm not a painter or engraver).

This is the second one of these coins I managed to get. They are very impressive in size and weight - coming in at a whopping 42g and 40mm.

It's a 1851 5 Baiocchi issued by Pius IX

I can only imagine the delight of the public when the denomination completely changed to a tiny silver coin in 1855, but the Papal States ran a duel system with both the silver and the copper coins of the same denomination being issued for the years between 1847 and 1854.

The reason for this was that the Papal states was transitioning from the Scudo monetary system to one they hoped aligned with the French Franc monetary system and in order to keep the trust of the public coins were issued in metals commensurate with their value. A 5 baiocchi coin was 5 baiocchi's worth of copper. And the same for the silver coin. (Inflation was rampant at the time) Note the snub to aligning with the Lira - ie, the entity that was actively annexing Papal States territory., though in the end it made no difference because the Latin Monetary Union meant the Lira and the Franc were pegged at the same value anyway.

..Thank you jbuck

Interesting. I wonder how their algorithm works.

I find 14 auction sales in the last 5 years, and 2 available on ebay now, meaning it's not terribly rare (but also not super common), so it sounds like a plausible estimate.

Nice addition, Bacchus2.

A new add. Bit worn but not that common.

A 1674 20 Bolognini issued by Clement X with a rampant Lion to left, holding standard with the word LIBERT

Excellent!