Lucca (1552) zecchino Fr-487

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Heritage sale 3030, lot 24569
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 24569 in Heritage sale 3030 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $2,937.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Lucca. Republic gold Zecchino ND (1570's), AU58 NGC, a superb strike with a boldly detailed portrait of St. Vultus and full mint luster. A mint state coin in an AU holder. From The Formosa Collection." Lucca, a city state near Tuscany, was an occasional issuer of gold coins of which this is the least rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-487.

Source:

  • 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3030, featuring the RLM Collection, the Isaac Rudman Collection, the Hans Cook Collection and the Collection of Donald E. Bently, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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