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[[Image:Lucca 1754 scudo obv JElsen 121-1413.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 121, lot 1413]]
[[Image:Lucca 1754 scudo rev JElsen 121-1413.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 1413 in Jean Elsen sale 121 (Brussels, June 2014), where it sold for €160 (about US$256 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ITALIE, LUCQUES, République (1369-1799), AR scudo, 1754, Droit: Ecu couronné, tenu par deux panthères. Revers: Saint Martin donnant la moitié de son manteau au mendiant. Belle patine. Très Beau.'' ([[Italy]], republic of Lucca, silver scudo of 1754. Obverse: crowned arms supported by two panthers; reverse: St. Martin divides his cloak with a beggar. Nice patina, very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1754-56 and is the last crown from this locality before the Napoleonic invasion of 1799.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 26.52 g, .916 fine silver, this specimen 25,97 g.

''Catalog reference:'' CNI XI, 188, 825; KM 66, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-1376]].

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964.
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 121,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2014. 

''Link to:''
* [[Lucca 1753 scudo Dav-1375|1753 scudo]]
* [[Lucca 1756 scudo Dav-1376|1756 scudo]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1754]]
* return to coins of [[Italy, Lucca]]

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