Tuscany 1724 zecchino Fr-328
This specimen was lot 1153 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €440 (about US$623 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"EUROPÄISCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · ITALIEN, TOSKANA Gian Gastone Medici, 1723-1737. Fiorino d'oro 1724, Florenz. GOLD. Leicht gewellt, kl. Randfehler, sehr schön. Aus der Familiensammlung Mohr. (Italy, grand duchy of Tuscany, Gian Gastone Medici, 1723-1737, gold florin of 1724, Florence mint. Slightly wavy, minor edge flaws, very fine.)"
This type is listed for 1723-36 and is rare despite the many years of issue. By the early eighteenth century, Tuscany was a quiet backwater, no longer the proud republic of Florence, leader of the Renaissance. Duke Giovanni Gaston was the last of the Medici dukes; on his death in 1737 the grand duchy passed to Francis of Lorraine, husband of Maria Theresia of Austria. Tuscany remained in the hands of various Austrian princelings until she was annexed by France in 1807.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3,44 g.
Catalog reference: KM 328 (listed as a florino), Fr-328; Montagano 345/2 (R).
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- Montenegro, Eupremio, Montenegro 2015: Manuale del Collezionista di Monete Italiane, 30 ed., Torino, Italy: Montenegro s.a.s., 2014.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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