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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1590783, member: 15445&quot;]<b>Post ‘em if you got ‘em</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for clarifying “trade coin”.&nbsp; The grosso may not technically be a trade coin (but they could certainly make change for the Ducat trade coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>According to sources on the Web, other Italian trade cities issued their own grosso and they were also copied in the Balkans and in Byzantium.&nbsp; Grosso coins were pretty widely used I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do any of our fellow CoinTalkers have examples of these rather famous World coins?&nbsp; Do you have a grossi, grosso, (groat) or a coin with JC on the reverse?&nbsp; Post ‘em if you got ‘em.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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