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#6358 Italian Shipwreck Luigino Money Clip
#6358 Italian Shipwreck Luigino Money Clip #6358 Italian Shipwreck Luigino Money Clip #6358 Italian Shipwreck Luigino Money Clip
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#6358 Italian Shipwreck Luigino Money Clip

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  • Obverse: Livia Centuriani Oltremarini
  • Reverse: Coat of Arms
  • Denomination: Luigino, Dated 1666
  • Mint: Tassarolo, Northern Italy
  • Silver Coin in 14k Gold Bezel on Hinged Sterling Silver Money Clip.
  • Money Clip Size: W 24mm X H 50mm, Framed Coin Size: 24mm Diameter, Weight 23g

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Description:
This is a genuine silver luigino recovered from the “Gela Shipwreck” which occurred 12 miles southeast of Gela, Sicily in 1667. This merchantman ship was sailing through the Mediterranean Sea from Spain. The ship had stopped in Northern Italy before sailing towards the Arab lands of the Near East when it met its unlucky fate and sank off of the south coast of Sicily, Italy. Much of the silver treasure that was recovered were Spanish cobs along with Italian silver luiginos. These 1666 silver luiginos minted in Tassarolo in Northern Italy feature a very baroque bust of Livia Centurioni Oltremarini, wife of Count Filippo Spinola and the reverse features a coat of arms. Their castle at Tassarolo was once a State of its own, with its own mint and its own economy. For many centuries the Spinola family used these fortifications to control the only road between the Republic of Genova and continental Europe. Enormous sums where collected, and from this income the Spinola family financed various enterprises and expeditions. Christopher Columbus was in the employ of the Spinola Company in Lisbon, and the family contributed half of the financing for his voyage of discovery to the Americas.