1 Ducato - Lodovico Manin

Lodovico Manin was the 120th and final Doge of Venice, and the ducato struck under his name carries the full weight of that finality. When Napoleon's forces threatened in May 1797, Manin reportedly removed his ducal cap and handed it to his servant, saying he would not be needing it again — the Great Council voted to dissolve the republic that same day, ending over a thousand years of continuous Venetian sovereignty. Coins of this type were still in active circulation when the city was handed to Austria under the Treaty of Campo Formio just months later.