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12 Zecchini - Pietro Grimani
| Issuer | Republic of Venice |
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| Year | 1741-1752 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Pietro Grimani served as Doge from 1741 until his death in 1752, and the 12 Zecchini oselle was among the most prestigious presentation pieces the Venetian mint produced — struck not for commerce but as diplomatic gifts and ducal largesse. By the mid-eighteenth century Venice was financially exhausted, its eastern trading empire reduced to a handful of contested outposts, yet the Republic continued commissioning these heavy gold multiples as performance of a sovereignty it could barely afford to project.
The zecchino itself took its name from the Zecca, the Venetian mint operating since the thirteenth century on the Piazzetta.