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Revision as of 14:00, 24 March 2023
This specimen was lot 31458 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "Tuscany. Francesco III gold Zecchino 1738 AU Details (Cleaned) NGC. Boldly struck with sharp detail and good eye-appeal." This type is listed for 1737-43 and is rare despite the many years of issue. By the early eighteenth century, Tuscany was a quiet backwater, no longer the proud republic of Florence, leader of the Renaissance. Duke Giovanni Gaston was the last of the Medici dukes; on his death in 1737 the grand duchy passed to Francis of Lorraine, husband of Maria Theresia of Austria. Tuscany remained in the hands of various Austrian princelings until she was annexed by France in 1807.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, .999 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-332, KM C10.
- 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.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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