Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 1539. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Vatican City. Pius XI. 1922-1939. AV 100 Lira (8.80 gm). Dated 1929. Mantled bust right, wearing zucchetto / Nimbate Christ standing facing, holding sceptre and globus cruciger; child at feet. Muntoni IV pg. 117, 1; Berman 3352; KM 9. Toned, good VF. ($200)

From the Charles E. Weber Collection.

The first gold coin of the restored Papal State in the form of the new Vatican City State, and unusual since it has been circulated.