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1 Zecchino - Adrian de Wignacourt
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights Hospitaller) |
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| Year | 1691-1696 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#123, Fr#15, Restelli#2 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1691 - - 1694 - - 1695 - - 1696 - - |
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Adrian de Wignacourt served as Grand Master from 1690 to 1697, one of the shorter tenures in the Order's Maltese period. The zecchino — borrowed directly from the Venetian ducat tradition in name, weight, and fineness — was the Order's prestige gold coinage, struck primarily for diplomatic gifts, payments to mercenaries, and the settlement of debts with Catholic powers who would accept nothing less than high-purity gold. Actual circulation on Malta itself was limited.
The .986 fineness held to a standard the Order had maintained with remarkable consistency across grand masterships, a monetary discipline enforced partly by the need to maintain credibility with Levantine trading partners.