Venice (1767)-DG ducatone Dav-1559

from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 1424

This specimen was lot 1424 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $2,400. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Venice. Ducatone, ND (1767)-DG. Alvise Mocenigo IV. NGC MS-61. Sharply detailed with a base of rich olive-brown tone over both sides that contains instances of attractive multicolored iridescence. RARE as a type and especially so in this certified Mint State quality." Mintmaster DG stands for Domenigo Gritti, who served 1762-63 and 1767. A ducatone had a face value of 124 soldi whereas a ducato was 90 soldi and a scudo was 140 soldi or seven lire. This type is listed for 1763, 1767, 1769-71 and 1778 but is among the more common of this denomination.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.10 g, 0.948 fine silver, 43 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-664; Dav-1559; Paolucci-23.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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• (1763-78) ¼ zecchino
• (1763-78) mezzo zecchino
• (1763-78) zecchino
• (1763-78)-GMB 8 zecchini, struck using ducato dies
• (1763-78) 10 zecchini
• (1763-78) 20 zecchini
• (1767) mezzo scudo
• (1768-69)-RBP ducato = 90 soldi
• (1779)-BC ducatone
• Coins and currency dated 1767