Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2022 NYINC Auction 14-16 Jan 2022
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ITALY. Tuscany. Ruspone (3 Zecchini), 1766. Florence Mint. Pietro Leopoldo. NGC MS-62.
Fr-334; KM-C-28; MIR-369/2 (R2). Well struck with vibrant color and surfaces that are without marks of noteworthy significance for the grade. The second date from this series, it is far more elusive than most later issues, with Monete Italiane Regionali assigning a price of 3,000 Euros/8,000 Euros for this date versus a value of 1,000 Euros/3,000 Euros for common dates.
Fr-334; KM-C-28; MIR-369/2 (R2). Well struck with vibrant color and surfaces that are without marks of noteworthy significance for the grade. The second date from this series, it is far more elusive than most later issues, with Monete Italiane Regionali assigning a price of 3,000 Euros/8,000 Euros for this date versus a value of 1,000 Euros/3,000 Euros for common dates.
Pietro Leopoldo was the third son of Francis I and Maria Theresia and was shuffled off to Tuscany to get him out of the way of his older brother Joseph II. Among other reforms, he abolished torture and capital punishment in his domain. He succeeded to the imperial throne on Joseph's death in 1790.
Estimate: $2500 - $3500