Tuscany 1680 piastra Dav-4210
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This specimen was lot 7561 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Tuscany. Piastre, 1680/1. Cosimo III de' Medici. PCGS VG-10. A worn but problem-free Piastre, with most of peripheral legends clear, and endowed with dark gray toning that shows some faint rainbow hues on the reverse." This type was struck 1680-81, simultaneously with Dav-4211, which has an older bust of the duke and an inner circle of pearls.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-4210.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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