1 Lira - Pius IX Small bust

Features

Issuer	Papal States
Pope	Pius IX (1846-1878)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1866
Value	1 Lira
Currency	Lira (1866-1870)
Composition	Silver (.835)
Weight	5 g
Diameter	23 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 32128
References	KM# 1377.1, 1377.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , MIR# 3168/1-4 Numismatica Varesi (publisher). Monete Italiane Regionali. Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy (18 volumes). , Munt# 49-51 Francesco Muntoni; 1972. Le Monete dei Papi e degli stati Pontifici. P. & P. Santamaria, Rome, Italy (4 volumes). , Pag# 564-565-567 Antonio Pagani, Mario Ratto (ed.); 1962. Monete Italiane dall'invasione Napoleonica ai giorni nostri (1796-1961): Governi popolari - Assedi - Occupazioni Restaurazioni - Napoleone - Stato pontificio Regno delle Due Sicilie - Napoleonidi Restaurazioni dopo il Congresso di Vienna Moti per l'indipendenza - Regno d'Italia, Colonie, Albania Repubblica di San Marino - Stato della Città del Vaticano Repubblica Italiana, Somalia (A.F.I.S.) = Italian coins from the Napoleonic invasion to the present day (1796-1961) (Prima edizione). Mario Ratto, Milan, Italy. , Berman# 3340-3341 Allen G. Berman; 1991. Papal Coins. Attic Books, New York City, New York, United States.

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Obverse

Bust to left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PIVS IX PONT٠MAX٠AN٠XXI

Translation: Pius 9th Supreme Pontiff Year 21

Engraver: Carl Friedrich Voigt

Reverse

Value and date within wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
★ STATO ★ PONTIFICIO ★
1
LIRA
1866
R

Translation: Papal state

Engraver: Carl Friedrich Voigt

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Rome, Italy (476-date)

Comments

Example of obverse without ornament below bust:

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The three bust sizes:

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU		Frequency
Undetermined
1866 R							AN. XX KM#1377.1 (no ornament below bust)	3%
1866 R	7 633 933	$ 23	$ 23	$ 25	$ 25	$ 27	AN. XXI KM#1377.2	95%

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Bullion value: USD 9.84 Search tips

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Actual silver weight: 0.134 oz

Current silver price: 73.28 USD/oz (see silver price

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 161 Lot 804	18 Jun 2025	Undetermined	XF	USD 20.89 (EUR 18.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 131 Lot 2266	26 Jun 2024	Undetermined	XF	USD 10.45 (EUR 9.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 114 Lot 806	24 Feb 2024	Undetermined	XF	USD 16.25 (EUR 14.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 94 Lot 1141	30 Aug 2023	Undetermined	XF	USD 18.57 (EUR 16.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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