Venice 1751 30 soldi

Ponterio sale 164, lot 2643

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 2643 in Ponterio sale 164 (New York, January 2012), where it sold for $747.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Venice, 30 Soldi. 1751. Pietro Grimani (1741-52). 2 small edge flaws, toned with underlying luster. Very attractive. CHOICE ALMOST UNCIRCULATED." This coin is listed in the SCWC as a lirazza. Six dates are known between 1722 and 1752. 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: 7.44 g, 0.434 fine silver.

Catalog reference: CNI-635, KM-506.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 164: The January 2012 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.

Links to:

• (1751-52)-AB ducato
• (1752-53)-GAC ducato
• (1741-52) ducat
• Venice 1747-ZAP osella KM-X294 struck in gold
• c.1779 scudo
• Coins and currency dated 1751
• return to coins of Italy, Venice