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1 Thaler Novi Vižlin
| Issuer | Republic of Ragusa |
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| Year | 1751 |
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| Value | 1 Tallero = 60 Grosetti |
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| Obverse description | Saint Blaise, patron saint of Ragusa, depicted kneeling to the left in episcopal vestments before a walled representation of the city of Ragusa. Below the figure appears the abbreviated inscription S.B.P.R.R.H. (Sanctus Blasius Protector Reipublicae Rhacusinae). The encircling legend reads ET PRAESIDIVM ET DECVS with the date 1751, arranged from left to right around the periphery of the field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Ragusa — the tiny adriatic republic that managed to stay independent for centuries through careful diplomacy, tribute payments to the Ottoman Empire, and a merchant fleet that kept its coffers solvent — issued the Thaler Novi Vižlin as its principal large silver trade coin. The "Novi" designation distinguished it from earlier thaler types, with this series beginning mid-eighteenth century as Ragusan commerce demanded a coin that could compete in Levantine markets alongside Maria Theresa Thalers and Ottoman piastres.
The republic survived until 1808, when Napoleon simply abolished it by decree during his reorganization of the Adriatic coast.