Venice (1679-81)-GZ scudo Dav-4272
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This specimen was lot 940 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "VENICE: Alvise Contarini, 1676-1684, AR scudo della croce, ND (1679-81), initials GZ, light peripheral toning, XF." This type was struck 1676-81 under four different mintmasters, whose initials (GZ = Gerolamo Zorzi in this case) can be used to date the coin. Occasionally, scudo dies were used to strike presentation pieces in gold.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 31.82 g, 0.948 fine silver, 43-44 mm diameter, this specimen 31.51 g.
Catalog reference: KM-360, Paol-4. Dav-4272.
- 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.
- Rafaele Paolucci, La Zecca di Venezia, 2 vols. Padua, 1991.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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