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| | Gold 105 zecchini of Ludovico Manin, doge of Venice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | The Venetian mint was then producing huge multiples of the gold ducat or zecchino (sequin), sometimes using a special set of dies created for the purpose, known as the zecchino grande, the 'big sequin'. |
 | | Surviving examples of these show they were struck to a wide range of odd multiples: 10, 12, 15, 16, 22, 28, 33, 36, 50, 60, 100 and at least once, as here, 105 zecchini, an issue of the last doge Ludovico Manin (ruled 1789-97). |
 | | The massive coin is pierced as if to be worn or, more likely, mounted. |
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