Venice 1781 tallero Dav-1568
This specimen is lot 937 in Jean Elsen sale 104 (Brussels, March 2010), where it sold for 80 euro. The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIEN ITALIE, VENISE, Paolo Renier (1779-1789), AR tallero, 1781, Droit : Le lion de saint Marc assis à droite, tête à gauche. Revers : B. de la République à droite. Beau" (Italy, Venice, Doge Paolo Renier (1779-89), silver tallero of 1781; obverse: lion of Saint Mark, head turned to left; reverse: bust of the Republic. Fine).
This type was struck 1781-88 and tho priced fairly low in the SCWC, does not turn up often. It was accompanied by one-eighth, one quarter (KM C102) and one half tallero coins. The Republic was occupied by Napoleon in 1797 and traded by him to Austria, which held it until 1866.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.56 g, 0.835 fine silver, this specimen: 28.21 grams.
Catalog reference: Pap., 84; Paolucci-35, KM C104, Davenport 1568.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Philippe Elsen, Vente 104, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, 2010.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Rafaele Paolucci, La Zecca di Venezia, 2 vols. Padua, 1991.
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