Parma 1786-S ducato Dav-1480
This specimen was lot 202 in Schulman auction 389 (Amsterdam, December 2025), where it sold for €500 (about US$705 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Italy - Ducato 1786, Silver, FERDINANDO di Borbone 1765-1802, PARMA Head right. Rev. crowned arms. Ex Cherry Tree Collection. PCGS Genuine XF Details. Cleaned." This scarce type was struck 1786, 1789 and 1790. It is not a ducaton as listed in the SCWC and Numista but a ducato, a smaller coin. Ferdinand (1751-1802) ruled Parma from 1765 until March 1801, when he was forced to surrender his domain to the French. His son Louis (1773-1803) was briefly king of Etruria (1801-03), a French puppet state. Louis' son Charles Louis (1799-1883) regained the throne of Parma in 1847.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 25.70 g, 0.902 fine silver, this specimen 25.66 g.
Catalog reference: KM C15, Dav-1480.
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- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Montenegro, Eupremio, Montenegro 2015: Manuale del Collezionista di Monete Italiane, 30 ed., Torino, Italy: Montenegro s.a.s., 2014.
- [1]Absil, Andrew, Olle Cederholm, Erik de Visser and Rik van Noorloos, Schulman sale 389: Ex Cherry Tree Collection, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2025.
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