Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
November 2015 Baltimore Auction - Sess. A-C 5-6 November 2015
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ITALY. Vatican City. Nine Piece Mint Set, 1929. MINT STATE.
KM-MS1 (KM-1-9). The catalog numbers tell the story here, the set is the first coinage issued from the Vatican after the signing of the Lateran Treaty which granted the Vatican a large degree of autonomy in exchange for papal recognition of the Mussolini government. Prior issues were considered Papal States coinage, none having been issued since 1870 under Pope Pius IX prior to the issuance of these coins in 1929. The independence of the Vatican was later confirmed by succeeding democratic governments and was included in the post-war constitution signed in late 1947. An historically significant set of coins, housed in the original issued Vatican case with gold leaf lettering. The coins are nicely matched, the pair of silver coins in particular having nice colorful deep tone. The gold 100 Lire is bright and frosty, but also has evidence of a planchet lamination near the denomination making it a one of a kind coin. MINT STATE.
Estimate: $500.00- $700.00
KM-MS1 (KM-1-9). The catalog numbers tell the story here, the set is the first coinage issued from the Vatican after the signing of the Lateran Treaty which granted the Vatican a large degree of autonomy in exchange for papal recognition of the Mussolini government. Prior issues were considered Papal States coinage, none having been issued since 1870 under Pope Pius IX prior to the issuance of these coins in 1929. The independence of the Vatican was later confirmed by succeeding democratic governments and was included in the post-war constitution signed in late 1947. An historically significant set of coins, housed in the original issued Vatican case with gold leaf lettering. The coins are nicely matched, the pair of silver coins in particular having nice colorful deep tone. The gold 100 Lire is bright and frosty, but also has evidence of a planchet lamination near the denomination making it a one of a kind coin. MINT STATE.
Estimate: $500.00- $700.00