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Pezza della rosa - Ferdinando II
| Issuer | Tuscany, Grand Duchy of |
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| Year | 1665 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Livorno Mint |
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The "pezza della rosa" takes its name from the English rose — specifically, the rose stamp applied by English merchants to verify the silver content of Tuscan coins acceptable for Levant trade. Ferdinando II ruled the Grand Duchy for over fifty years, and by the 1660s Tuscany's silver coinage was flowing heavily through Mediterranean commercial networks. This piece exists not as a domestic circulation coin but as a trade instrument, its weight calibrated to compete directly with the Spanish pieces of eight dominating the same routes.
MIR 61 notes meaningful variation across the CNI-referenced die pairings for this type.