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1 Soldo - Ludovico Manin
| Issuer | Republic of Venice |
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| Year | 1789-1797 |
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| Value | 1 Soldo = 12 Bagattini (1/20) |
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| Obverse description | The Doge kneeling to left, presenting a banner staff surmounted by a cross; before him, the winged and nimbate Lion of Saint Mark, facing left with forepaw resting on an open Gospel book, all within a beaded circle. The numeral 12 appears below the central device, denoting the value in bagattini. The legend encircles the design in the outer field. |
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| Reverse description | The risen Christ as Redeemer, nimbate, depicted half-length emerging from a beaded circle at center, facing the viewer; his right hand raised in benediction and his left hand holding the Gospel. The figure is rendered in a hieratic, devotional style characteristic of late Venetian coinage. The legend is distributed in the outer field surrounding the central device. |
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Ludovico Manin was the last Doge of Venice — a distinction he earned by presiding over the republic's dissolution in May 1797, when he capitulated to Napoleon without serious resistance. By his own account, he removed his ducal cap and handed it to a servant, saying he would not be needing it again. Coins struck under his dogeship thus carry the uncomfortable distinction of belonging to the final chapter of a republic that had lasted over a millennium.
The billon composition reflects Venice's monetary deterioration in its closing decades, a long slide from the silver-rich issues of earlier centuries.