Tuscany 1791 soldo

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Stephen Album sale 38, lot 3516
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This specimen was lot 3516 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $89.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "TUSCANY: Ferdinando III, 1791-1801, AE soldo, 1791, large dig at left obverse, one-year type, Fine to VF, RR." This is a scarce date of an otherwise common denomination. It is listed in the SCWC as a three quattrini but the word "SOLDO" is boldly stamped on the obverse. Twenty soldi made a lira or 1½ paoli, and ten paoli made a francescone.

Recorded mintage: 12,000.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cr-31.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Gigante, Fabio, Gigante 2016: Catalogo Nazionale delle Monete Italiano Dal '700 All'Euro, 24a ed. Varese, Italy, 2015.
  • Montenegro, Eupremio, Montenegro 2015: Manuale del Collezionista di Monete Italiane, 30 ed., Torino, Italy: Montenegro s.a.s., 2014.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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