Venice (1789-97) 1/2 zecchino Fr-1446

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from Künker sale 352, lot 1312

This specimen was lot 1312 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,454 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"ITALIEN, VENEDIG, Lodovico Manin, 1789-1797. 1/2 Zecchino o. J. GOLD. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Italy, republic of Venice, Louis Manin, 1789-97, undated half zecchino. Rare in this quality, about uncirculated.)"

The Duchy of Venice was actually an oligarchy nominally ruled by an elected doge. He is shown kneeling before the saint to indicate that he does not kneel before any living person, specifically the emperor or the pope. Despite his pretensions, Venetian independence was terminated by the Napoleonic invasions and the area fell to Austria in 1797. The zecchino, or ducat, remained fixed in design for centuries, changing only the ruler's name.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a common type.

Specification: 1.75 g, 0.986 fine gold, .056 troy oz AGW, this specimen 1.75 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-1446; Montenegro 3325, KM 754.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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