Genoa 1619-DN doppia Fr-419
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This specimen was lot 78090 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Genoa. Doppia, 1619-DN. Conrad II. PCGS AU-53. From the G. L. Hermann Collection." This type was struck intermittently 1557-1637 along with a mezza doppia (Fr-420) and a double doppia (Fr-418). The double doppia appears occasionally but the other two are very rare. The doppia was two ducats; elsewhere in Italy, the doppia was two scudi.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.8 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.68 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-419; KM-14.1.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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