Forwarded from Venice Local Guide
📜💰30 October 1284.
The first gold Ducato was coined inside the Palazzo della Zecca in Venice #SanMarco by Doge Giovanni Dandolo (1280-1289).
This was the earliest Venetian currency and the value of 1 Ducato matched the value of 1 Fiorino, the currency of #Florence, at the time the most used in #Italy.
The engravings on the #Ducato represented Saint Mark handing the 👉 Flag of Venice to Giovanni Dandolo.
Ducato was later renamed as Zecchino after the Palazzo della Zecca, 👉 the palace you see on the right in this photo.
#Zecchino became for longtime the most used currency in commercial tradings in the Mediterranean area.
#VeniceHistory #30October
The first gold Ducato was coined inside the Palazzo della Zecca in Venice #SanMarco by Doge Giovanni Dandolo (1280-1289).
This was the earliest Venetian currency and the value of 1 Ducato matched the value of 1 Fiorino, the currency of #Florence, at the time the most used in #Italy.
The engravings on the #Ducato represented Saint Mark handing the 👉 Flag of Venice to Giovanni Dandolo.
Ducato was later renamed as Zecchino after the Palazzo della Zecca, 👉 the palace you see on the right in this photo.
#Zecchino became for longtime the most used currency in commercial tradings in the Mediterranean area.
#VeniceHistory #30October