Zecchino, in Italian, is powerful gold coin weighed 3.5 grams of pure gold, minted by the Republic of Venice in 1284. Initially called ducato, it was called the zecchino after the name of the Venetian mint, the "zecca". To buy an ancient gold zecchino, one of the most appreciated coins in the ancient world, means to buy a piece of the history of an ancient city and republic, so long renowned (for XII centuries) for its wealth, power, and commercial enterprise.
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| N. | Denomination (certified) | Rare (1-5) or Common | Quality (certified)
| Description What you see is what you get | Diameter mm. (certified) | Weight gr. (certified) |
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| 1 | Zecchino Gold (Au) Andrea Dandolo(1342-1354) | Not Common | qSPL pracatically extremely fine (EF, XF o AU)
| Foto 1 | 21 | 3,5 | |||
| 2 | Zecchino Gold (Au) Michele Steno(1400-1413) | Common | SPL+ extremely fine (EF, XF o AU)
| Foto 1 | 21 | 3,5 | |||
| 3 | Zecchino Gold (Au) Francesco Foscari(1423-1457) | Rare (R) | SPL extremely fine (EF, XF o AU)
| Foto 1 | 21 | 3,5 | |||
| 4 | Zecchino Gold (Au) Pietro Lando(1539-1545) | Rare (R) | BB+ very fine (VF)
| Foto 1 | 21 | 3,5 | |||
| 5 | Zecchino Gold (Au) Francesco Donà(1545-1553) | Rare (R) | (See the photo) | Foto 1 | 21 | 3,46 | |||
| 6 | Zecchino Gold (Au) Francesco Venier(1554-1556) | Very Rare (R2) | (See the photo) BB+ very fine (VF)
| Foto 1 | 21 | 3,43 | |||
| 7 | Zecchino Gold (Au) Francesco Molin(1646-1655) | Common | BB+ very fine (VF)
| Foto 1 | 21 | 3,5 | |||
| 8 | Zecchino Gold (Au) (1676-1684) | Common | SPL extremely fine (EF, XF o AU)
| Foto 1 | 21 | 3,5 | |||
| 9 | Zecchino Gold (Au) Marcantonio Giustinian(1684-1688) | Rare (R) | SPL extremely fine (EF, XF o AU)
| Foto 1 | 21 | 3,5 | |||
| 10 | Zecchino Gold (Au) Francesco Morosini (1688-1694)
| Rare (R)
| (qFDC) about o brilliant uncirculated (MS o BU)
| Foto 1 | 21 | 3,48 gr. | |||
| 11 | Zecchino Gold (Au) Francesco Morosini (1688-1694)
| Rare (R)
| (SPL+) extremely fine (EF, XF o AU)
| Foto 1 | 21 | 3,50 gr. | |||
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All the coins are guaranteed and certified authentic and genuine. All the coin's defect (that is not possible to see from the picture) are carefully described.
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The Zecchino was the purest, most accurately measured gold coin in late medieval Europe and as such became the World's standard unit of currency for nearly half a millennium.
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The Power of Zecchino | |||||||||
