Piacenza 1619-PP 2 doppie Fr-907
This specimen was lot 41071 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Parma & Piacenza. 2 Doppie, 1619-PP. Ranuccio I Farnese. NGC AU-53. Better preserved than most, with only moderate visible wear, but crudely produced as was commonly the case for this issue, with some doubling appearing in the designs and a large crack appearing in the flan that runs from the edge around 4 o'clock towards the coin's center." As a doppia was a double ducat, a two doppie was four ducats. The SCWC mentions this coin under Piacenza, not Parma, and notes that it was issued 1599-1622.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 12.05-13.37 g, 0.917 fine gold, 29-30 mm diameter; this specimen 13.08 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-907; KM MB35; Var-1152.
- 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, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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