Watch List notes:

ITALY. Venice. Ludovico Manin, 1789-1797. Zecchino (Gold, 21.5 mm, 3.40 g, 10 h), 120th, and last, Doge of Venice. LVDOV• MANIN• / S •M• VЄNЄT• / DVX St. Mark standing right, presenting banner to Ludovico Manin kneeling to left. Rev. SIT• T• XRE• DAT• O• TV / REGIS• ISTE• DVCA Christ the Redeemer standing facing within mandorla with sixteen stars. CNI VIII 75. Gamberini 1926. Montenegro 3320. Papadopoli 4. Paolucci 14. Encapsulated in a NGC holder #3934952-025, graded MS 62. Good extremely fine.


Doge Ludovico Manin was forced to abdicate by Napoleon in 1797, ending the line of Venetian Doges, which had lasted over a millennium, beginning at the end of the 7th century.