Venice (1762)-ZD scudo Dav-1553
This specimen was lot 41088 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $4,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Venice. Scudo, ND (1762)-ZD. Marco Foscarini. NGC MS-64. Undoubtedly one of the most attractive examples of this crown that one is likely to encounter, the present near-Gem dazzles with a deep and alluring cabinet tone and rather sharp strike. Meanwhile, some hints of gold glisten and further enliven the devices." The mintmaster's initials (for Zuanne Dolfin) date this coin to 1762. The SCWC notes that the scudo varied between 31.83 g and 30.66 g in the eighteenth century. It had a face value of seven lire. By this period, Venice was a ghost of her former power, surviving only on the sufferance of her Austrian and Turkish neighbors.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 31.83 g, 0.948 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-1553; KM-643.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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