Tuscany 1638 piastra Dav-4201
This specimen was lot 21271 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Tuscany. Piastre, 1638. Ferdinand II. PCGS Genuine--Edge Repair, EF Details Gold Shield. A RARE issue, the present example moderately circulated but boldly struck. The edge repair is not visible in the slab, so we must assume a mount removal, although it does not seem to have stained the visible surfaces of the coin, which are toned in a medium argent-gold hue." It was offered again as lot 23096 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $552. This type was struck 1633-35, 1638, 1641 and is expensive. The very similar Dav-4202 has the date on the obverse and reverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-4201.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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