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This specimen was lot 2011 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$7,236 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ITALIEN, FERRARA, Ercole II. d'Este, 1534-1559. 1/2 Scudo 1546. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Tönung, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Leu 68, Zürich 1996, Nr. 199.'' (duchy of Ferrara, Hercules II of Este, 1534-59, half scudo of 1546. Very rare, fine toning, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The duchy of Ferrara preserved a precarious independence during the Middle Ages but was forcibly reincorporated into the Papal States in the seventeenth century.  
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This specimen was lot 2011 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$7,236 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ITALIEN, FERRARA, Ercole II. d'Este, 1534-1559. 1/2 Scudo 1546. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Tönung, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Leu 68, Zürich 1996, Nr. 199.'' (duchy of Ferrara, Hercules II of Este, 1534-59, half scudo of 1546. Very rare, fine toning, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The duchy of Ferrara preserved a precarious independence during the Middle Ages but was forcibly reincorporated into the Papal States in the seventeenth century.  
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

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Künker sale 293, lot 2011
the duchy of Ferrara in 1494

This specimen was lot 2011 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$7,236 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"ITALIEN, FERRARA, Ercole II. d'Este, 1534-1559. 1/2 Scudo 1546. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Tönung, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Leu 68, Zürich 1996, Nr. 199. (duchy of Ferrara, Hercules II of Este, 1534-59, half scudo of 1546. Very rare, fine toning, very fine to extremely fine.)"

The duchy of Ferrara preserved a precarious independence during the Middle Ages but was forcibly reincorporated into the Papal States in the seventeenth century.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Bellesia 12.

Source:

  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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