Medal commemorating the inauguration of the Tobacco Factory building in Rome

Contemporary age

 

 

 

Metal: Silver.

Issuing entity: Vatican State. Pius IX.

Mint: Rome.

Date: Year 1863.

Obverse:

Bust left of Pius IX. Caption: PIVS IX PONT MAX AN XVIII. Engraver's mark: T BIANCHI F.

Reverse:

Tobacco Factory Building. Legend in
four lines: NICOTIANIS FOLIIS ELABORANDIS / OFFICINAM APTIOREM / A SOLO EXTRVSIT / AN MDCCCLXIII. Engraver's mark: T BIANCHI F.

Weight: 37.56 gr. - Diameter: 45 mm. - Axes: 12 h.

Described in:

Published in: Bayo Fuentes, S., Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2010: "Catálogo. Collections", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Coins. Todas las caras de la Historia. Colecciones numismáticas del MARQ, Alicante, p. 179.

Monetary Inventory Number: 7949.

Assignment. Julio Furgús Collection.