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[[Image:Guastalla 1620 tallero obv H3026-25163.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3026, lot 25163]] | [[Image:Guastalla 1620 tallero obv H3026-25163.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3026, lot 25163]] | ||
[[Image:Guastalla 1620 tallero rev H3026-25163.jpg|300px|thumb]] | [[Image:Guastalla 1620 tallero rev H3026-25163.jpg|300px|thumb]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Aurora 30-00026.jpg|550px|thumb|Aurora Numismatica Auction 30, lot 26]] | ||
[[Image:Genoa c1700.jpg|400px|thumb|Guastalla about 1700, just south of Mantua]] | [[Image:Genoa c1700.jpg|400px|thumb|Guastalla about 1700, just south of Mantua]] | ||
| − | + | The first specimen was lot 25163 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it sold for $4,112.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Guastalla. Ferrante II Gonzaga Tallero 1620, AU58 NGC, an attractive example of this rare Tallero with aged gray patina and sharply defined details. There is a small natural edge flaw at 7 o'clock on the obverse, as struck. The counts of Guastalla (near Mantua) received the coining right from Emperor Carlo V in 1557." The second specimen was lot 26 in Aurora Numismatica Floor Auction 30 (San Marino, Italy, September 2023) where it sold for 5,000 euro (about US$6,420). The lot description noted, <blockquote>"''Italy, Guastalla, Ferrante II Gonzaga (1575-1630), Tallero 1620, Rara Ag di ottima qualità, SPL.'' (duchy of Guastalla, Ferrante Gonzaga II, 1575-1630, tallero of 1620. Rare, outstanding quality, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The county of Guastalla, raised to a duchy in 1621, was ruled by the Gonzagas 1539-1748 and thereupon merged with the duchy of Parma. Issues for this locality are sparse and rare. Another tallero of 1620 ([[Guastalla 1620 tallero Dav-3914|Dav-3914]]) deletes the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece around the arms on the reverse. | |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' silver. | + | ''Specification:'' silver, the second specimen 28,09 g, 39 mm diameter. |
| − | ''Catalog reference:'' | + | ''Catalog reference:'' MIR-371/3; KM 44, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-3913]]. |
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
Revision as of 19:11, 25 November 2023
The first specimen was lot 25163 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it sold for $4,112.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Guastalla. Ferrante II Gonzaga Tallero 1620, AU58 NGC, an attractive example of this rare Tallero with aged gray patina and sharply defined details. There is a small natural edge flaw at 7 o'clock on the obverse, as struck. The counts of Guastalla (near Mantua) received the coining right from Emperor Carlo V in 1557." The second specimen was lot 26 in Aurora Numismatica Floor Auction 30 (San Marino, Italy, September 2023) where it sold for 5,000 euro (about US$6,420). The lot description noted,
"Italy, Guastalla, Ferrante II Gonzaga (1575-1630), Tallero 1620, Rara Ag di ottima qualità, SPL. (duchy of Guastalla, Ferrante Gonzaga II, 1575-1630, tallero of 1620. Rare, outstanding quality, extremely fine.)"
The county of Guastalla, raised to a duchy in 1621, was ruled by the Gonzagas 1539-1748 and thereupon merged with the duchy of Parma. Issues for this locality are sparse and rare. Another tallero of 1620 (Dav-3914) deletes the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece around the arms on the reverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, the second specimen 28,09 g, 39 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: MIR-371/3; KM 44, Dav-3913.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [1]Numismatic Coins, Medals, Banknotes & Books: Auction 6, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2012.
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