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Valued Member
Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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Hello, I purchase this coin few days ago. It is 4 tari 1590 Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem from Malta. There is no photo of this coin on internet. I heard that is valuable coin. If anybody have some catalog with more info about value and mintage.   I found this: Soon after, his accession as Grandmaster, Hugues Verdalle (1582-95) found the Treasury of the Order almost bankrupt because the civil wars which had been raging in France[10] had prevented any money flowing to Malta from the French provinces. So it was decided in Council on 9th [p.62] July, 1590 to resort again to fiduciary coinage "per sovvenire alle necessità del Comun Tesoro." An amount of 6,000 scudi of copper was to be minted, but the Grandmaster was empowered to mint more than that amount if he deemed it necessary. [11] Verdalle, however, seems to have minted no more than 6,000 scudi of copper. [12] The Grandmaster's copper coins were the most varied to date, consisting not only of the fiduciary four and two tarì pieces, but also of carlini, cinquine, grani, three-piccioli pieces and piccioli. [13] Thanks.
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Valued Member
Australia
215 Posts |
I'm probably wrong but the wearing on this coin makes it look like the 5 in 1590 could possibly be a 6. I no nothing about these coins however so it is just the way it looks to me.
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Valued Member
 Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
92 Posts |
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Moderator
 Australia
16844 Posts |
The ANS has one in their collection; there's no pic, but the description matches yours. Unfortunately, I've no catalogue for this time period, so can;t tell you how rare it is. I doubt there'll be much info on mintages from that far back, for a country that no longer exists.
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Pillar of the Community
Serbia (Srbija)
576 Posts |
My collection on Numista page: 7500 different coins and counting... https://en.numista.com/echanges/pro...hp?id=129798
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Pillar of the Community
Mexico
1304 Posts |
Nice looking piece! Anything with such rich history behind it is great to have. Thank you for sharing it with the community!
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
Interesting coin and historical background.
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Valued Member
 Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
92 Posts |
Any info, value, somebody? 
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New Member
Malta
1 Posts |
Do you still have this coin please?
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New Member
Malta
1 Posts |
Hi, this is a loubenx de verdalle coin, 1590, 4 tari. sometimes they are countermarked by other grandmasters. Are you willing to sell it? if yes I'm interested.
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Valued Member
 Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
92 Posts |
I have sold this coin in 2012 for 444$.
Probably today it will catch higher price.
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