Livorno 1711 tollero Dav-1500
This specimen was lot 544 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,233 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIEN, TOSCANA, Cosimo III. Medici, 1670-1723. Tollero 1711, Livorno. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich. (Italy, grand duchy of Tuscany, Cosimo III Medici, 1670-1723, tollero of 1711, Livorno mint. Handsome patina, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck by the Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany for Livorno 1707-23. The Italian word tollero may be translated into the German word thaler or the English word dollar. After the extinction of the Medici, the duchy was ruled by the Hapsburgs, who replaced the tollero with the francescone.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27 g, silver, this specimen 27.04 g.
Catalog reference: KM 35; Dav-1500; Montagano 65/4 (R).
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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