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[[Image:H3096-30396o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3096, lot 30396]]
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This specimen was lot 30396 in Heritage auction 3096 (Dallas, TX, March 2021), where it sold for $132,000. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"Choice Pietro Grimani Gold Ducatone of 12 Zecchini. [[Italy, Venice|Venice]]. Pietro Grimani gold Ducatone of 12 Zecchini ND (1741-1752)-FP MS63 NGC. Francesco Pasqualigo as mintmaster. An exceedingly rare gold striking by Ducatone dies, produced to a 12 Zecchini weight standard. While the listed weight of 41.45gm for the ''Corpus Nummorum Italicorum'' specimen indicates the existence of at least one other example, we could not locate any in auction records, and it is quite likely that only a small handful exists, at most. This offering, then, preserved in choice condition, is all the more impressive and stands well above what might be considered "average" quality for this anything but common wider series, which encompasses all gold Ducatone weight multiples of Grimani's dogeship. A delicate satin texture is presented throughout, with luster glistening over fields that are absent any meaningful instances of handling to deter the eye. Anybody fortunate enough to experience this singular specimen in hand will agree: an opportunity to acquire a finer example of the type is either impossible or unlikely to be encountered again in a lifetime. From the Paramount Collection."</blockquote> The ''ducatone'' ([[Venice (1741-42)-FP ducatone Dav-1545|Dav-1545]]) was a silver coin worth 124 soldi. This is a presentation piece struck in gold.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 42 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 41.86 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-Unl., Fr-Unl., CNI-VIIIb.15, Paolucci-138.8, Bellesia-Unl.

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ''The Paramount Collection World & Ancient Coins: Signature Auction 3096,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.

''Links to:''
* [[Venice (1722-23)-VQ scudo KM-Pn106|(1722-23)-VQ ''scudo della croce'', struck in gold of 10 zecchini weight]]
* [[Venice (1722-23)-VQ 15 zecchini|(1722-23)-VQ ''scudo della croce'', struck in gold of 15 zecchini weight]]
* [[Venice (1732-33)-BV 25 zecchini|(1732-33)-BV ''scudo della croce'', struck in gold of 25 zecchini weight]]
* [[Venice (1741-51)-FP scudo Dav-1544|(1741-51)-FP scudo]]
* [[Venice (1741-42)-FP ducatone Dav-1545|(1741-42)-FP ducatone]]
* [[Venice (1741-62) 1/2 zecchino Fr-1402|(1741-62) mezzo zecchino]]
* [[Venice (1741-52) zecchino Fr.1401|(1741-62) ducat]]
* [[Venice (1741-42)-FP 20 zecchini|(1741-42)-FP 20 zecchini, struck using ''ducatone'' dies]]
* [[Venice (1752-53) 12 zecchini Fr-1403c]], Francesco Loredano
* [[Coins and currency dated 1741]]

[[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3096]][[Category:Gold ducats of Europe]]