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1 Quattrino - Anonymous Guidobaldo II, Pesaro
| Issuer | Duchy of Urbino (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1538-1574 |
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| Value | 1 Quattrino (1⁄288) |
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| Mint | Pesaro Mint |
| Mintage | ND (1538-1574) |
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Guidobaldo II della Rovere ruled Urbino from 1538 until his death in 1574, and the anonymous quattrino — carrying no ruler's name — was a deliberate monetary convention for the lowest fiduciary denominations, sparing the expense of individualized dies for coins that circulated hard and vanished fast. Billon coinage at this weight was inherently a loss-leader: the metal value was negligible, and the duke's profit came from seigniorage alone.
CNI XIII places this type across a broad span, reflecting the difficulty of attributing anonymous minor coinage to specific years within the reign.