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| − | This specimen was lot 36210 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $144. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "ITALY. Venice. Soldino, ND (1368-82). Andrea Contarini. PCGS MS-63." The later soldo was 1/20 of a lira. This tiny coin was about the size of an English silver half penny. | + | This specimen was lot 36210 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $144. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "ITALY. Venice. Soldino, ND (1368-82). Andrea Contarini. PCGS MS-63." The later soldo was 1/20 of a lira. This tiny coin was about the size of an English silver half penny. Wikipedia comments, "[The grosso]'s value was allowed to float relative to other Venetian coins until it was pegged to 4 soldini in 1332, incidentally the year the soldino was introduced. In 1332, 1 [[Venice (1382-1400) grosso|grosso]] was the equivalent of 4 soldini, or 48 denarii." |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
| + | * Rafaele Paolucci, ''La Zecca di Venezia,'' 2 vols. Padua, 1991. | ||
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022. | * <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022. | ||
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* [[Venice (1368-82) zecchino Fr.1227]] | * [[Venice (1368-82) zecchino Fr.1227]] | ||
| + | * [[Venice (1382-1400) soldino]], Antonio Venier | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1368]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1368]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale]] | ||
Revision as of 11:53, 29 January 2024
This specimen was lot 36210 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Venice. Soldino, ND (1368-82). Andrea Contarini. PCGS MS-63." The later soldo was 1/20 of a lira. This tiny coin was about the size of an English silver half penny. Wikipedia comments, "[The grosso]'s value was allowed to float relative to other Venetian coins until it was pegged to 4 soldini in 1332, incidentally the year the soldino was introduced. In 1332, 1 grosso was the equivalent of 4 soldini, or 48 denarii."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 0.40-.049 g.
Catalog reference: cf. CNI-11; Biaggi-2846.
- Rafaele Paolucci, La Zecca di Venezia, 2 vols. Padua, 1991.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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