Definition

• A copper coin of Venice, introduced by the Doge Giovanni Bembo (1615-1618), and continued until the latter part of the eighteenth century. There is a corresponding mezzo Marchetto.

  The name is derived from the figure of St. Mark, which occurs on the coin.

  In Bergamo at the beginning of the nineteenth century trading was carried on in Marchetti, i.e., in Lira of twenty Soldi.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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