Venice (1789-97) 1/4 zecchino Fr-1447

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from Künker sale 352, lot 1313

This specimen was lot 1313 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,113 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"ITALIEN, VENEDIG, Lodovico Manin, 1789-1797. 1/4 Zecchino o. J. GOLD. R Bearbeitungsspuren, sonst vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Italy, republic of Venice, Lodovico Manin, 1789-97, undated 1/4 zecchino. Tooled, otherwise extremely fine to 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 not rare.

Specification: 0.875 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.88 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-1447; Montenegro 3327, KM 753.

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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