Tuscany 1713 florin Fr-326
This specimen was lot 42403 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Tuscany. Fiorino d'oro, 1713. Florence Mint. Cosimo III de' Medici. NGC AU Details--Spot Removed." By the early eighteenth century, Tuscany was a quiet backwater, no longer the proud republic of Florence, leader of the Renaissance. This type was struck 1712-14, 1718-23 for Cosimo III, the next-to-last Medici grand duke of Tuscany. It lacks a catalog number in the SCWC, the Friedberg number being used instead. On the death of his youngest son Gian Gastone in 1737, the duchy passed to Austria in the person of Francis of Lorraine, husband of Maria Theresia.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.18 g, 0.999 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-326.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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