Milan 1779 scudo Dav-1386
This specimen was lot 4631 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,231 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Scudo 1779, Mailand. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 62 (6772396-001). Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Austria, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, scudo of 1779, Milan mint. Graded NGC MS-62, handsome patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1778-80 at the end of the reign of the redoubtable Maria Theresia. Similar scudi were struck for Joseph II 1781-86 (Dav-1387), after which the crocione was introduced. Austria lost Milan to Napoleon in 1797.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.896 fine silver, 38 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 192 (formerly KM C36), Crippa 38/C; Dav-1386; Eypeltauer 489; Toffanin 435/3 (R).
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
- 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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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