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Fineness of 1866 era Papal States coins
CaptHenway
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Hello,
The coins issued by the Papal States from 1866 on were supposedly to Latin Monetary Union standards. There is an entry on Wikipedia that says some of them were debased, and eventually rejected by other LMU countries.
Is this true? Wikipedia is an interesting source for information, but not everything on it is true.
Thanks,
TD
The coins issued by the Papal States from 1866 on were supposedly to Latin Monetary Union standards. There is an entry on Wikipedia that says some of them were debased, and eventually rejected by other LMU countries.
Is this true? Wikipedia is an interesting source for information, but not everything on it is true.
Thanks,
TD
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
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But the French cut the fineness of the 2 Franc and smaller silver coins to 0.835 fine as part of the Dec., 1865 treaty that established the LMU, and the Papal States coins were struck to the new fineness.
I guess the question is, did they debase them to less than .835 fine, or the five lire to less than .900 fine?
TD