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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 2979843, member: 77704&quot;]I agree, they have same weight/ finess. I find that the term zecchino was used for AV coinage from some Italian States/ Crusader coinage, just like the Ducato was used in some Spanish Kingdoms. In Shakespear&#039;s play, &quot;The Merchant of Venice&quot; Shylock borrowed 3000 Dukats/ should have been 3000 Zecchini<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That was a heck of a lot of money. Venice ended up striking the heaviest AV coin, the 105 Zecchini= 10 1/2oz./365g. It would be nice if they found the original dies for the 100 Dukaten Transylvania/ Michael Apafi.....I line up to buy a freshly struck 350g. coin, beats lining up for a silly newest edition smartphone at Apple retailer<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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