Ruspo ( Italian: Ruspo ) - Tuscan gold coin of the XVIII century, which is a kind of ducat . It was first minted under the Duke of Cosimo III of the Medici (1670-1723).
Design: lily on the obverse and the image of John the Baptist on the reverse .
The beginning of coinage is 1719, the end is 1836.
The coin was minted from almost pure gold and weighed 3,487 grams. There were also triple Ruspo, called "Ruspon" [1] [2] .
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Literature
- Numismatic Dictionary / [Author: Zvarich VV ]. - 4th ed .. - Lviv: Higher school, 1980.
- Dictionary of numismatists / [Authors: Fengler H., Girow G., Unger V.] / Per. with him. M. G. Arsenyeva / Resp. ed. V.M. Potin. - 2nd ed., Revised. and additional .. - M .: Radio and communications, 1993. - ISBN 5-256-00317-8 .