What did I buy??? Venice is as far as I've gotten...
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Aka, trip to local coin show. I didn't buy too much but got at least 2 misattributed coin (possibly a third once I get that one figured out).
This one came from a dude who first didn't want to show me his 'furrin' books in the locked case. 'Too expensive'. :eyeroll. I persisted and he broke down and let me look. I made sure to let him know his most expensive coin was not out of my budget if I'd wanted it. I can get snippy with a smile...
Anyway, this one was labeled as Venice, as a 5 soldi KM#652. It clearly isn't a match for that, and I didn't spot it in the Krauses I have (back to 1700). Any ideas to narrow it down? I haven't broken out the scale yet, but it does appear to be close to 19mm.
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Looks like a 16th century Venice 2 gazzetti / 4 soldo. See coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=281698
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That looks right---only off by about 200 years on the flip and my Krause collection didn't have it covered. I had no idea other than it was totally cool and I had yet to buy a nice Venice winged lion. Thank you!