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.
