Italy
Tuscany. Ferdinando III gold Ruspone (3 Zecchini) 1816 AU58 NGC, Florence mint, KM-C61, MIR-433/2 (R). By all indications a much more elusive date than is suggested by Monete Italiane Regionali, with only 9 total examples in the certified population, just two of which have appeared on auction in recent decades; the last we offered was in 2006. Lightly handled throughout to bound the assigned grade, the fields nevertheless contain a glassy backlight, suggesting a carefully produced piece that must have circulated remarkably little.
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