Italy Venice 1 1/2 Lire 1802

Italy Venice 1 1/2 Lire 1802

What a cool design! I can't quite think of a coin that looks anything like this. They sure knew how to design a coin back then. The obverse features a beautiful crowned imperial eagle of Austria and the somewhat cryptic inscription 'FRANC. II. D. G. R. I. S. A. GE. HV. BO. REX. A. A. D. VENET.' Written out, this roughly translates to 'Francis II, by the Grace of God, Eternal Roman Emperor, King of the Germans, Hungarians and Bohemians, Archduke of Austria, Duke of the Venetians'.

These coins have a written denomination of one and a half lira, which equaled 30 soldi (the plural of soldo), the base unit of denomination in many Italian states at the time, including Venice. Different states had different exchange rates of their local soldi to the more broadly used lira, and thus it made more sense to denominate this larger coin as 1½ lira. Smaller coins that mainly circulated locally were denominated as soldi.

Catalog values are quite nice, as listed below:
worn: $50 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $100
well preserved: $240
fully uncirculated: $500

Damaged coins will be worth a few dollars. Refer to our Important Terminology page found at the top left in order to properly interpret the catalog values used on this page.

Coin: 16526, Genre: Central Europe North South, Timeline: World
Created (yyyymm): 201401, Last review: 201600
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic gray Letters: Latin
Years: sort: 1802, filter: 1802 to 1802
Image: italy_venice_1_1_2_lire_1802.jpg

Tags: escutcheon encircled lire tiera headed shiled broadsword scripts beading curvy period letter venice sworeds circal bordered saber swirls periods rings rex monograms italians crests curves scribble italiana eagles crest tiarra eaglets insignia sword chevrons lettering moulding 2nd italiane initials tiara orb border globe italian circling curl boa franks arm crown globes doubling encircles circel sphere encircle shields egals swirl veneta ringed italia twirly rexf circumference bowed beaded encircling spheres curly coats ring boundrey crowning globus curlicues lyre curved caligraphy point inscription rexx circles loop circumscribed heads swirly curving rexm crowns circumscibed dots venetian circuit chevron oneheaded frank coat beads swords logo crowned monogram balls points squiggley arms circlet curve head value circle curlycue squiggles creast initals letters itali sqiggles 1st sheild pearl fancs francs ditalia loops double swoosh italy ball venetvs bead pearls curls doubled bounded franc circular incircled crested rexano squigle eagel venet squiggly dot scrip inscriptions circled doubles bordering earth boundary eagle scribbles hemisphere lettered egal swordlike shield lira escucheon boarder dotted script squiggle shild calligraphy initial

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