Description:
Obverse
Interpretation of Francesco Guardi's painting "Saint Mark's basin, looking towards the island of San Giorgio Maggiore", which is conserved at the Wallace Collection in London.
Reverse
Detail of Francesco Guardi's portrait as drawn from a painting by Pietro Longhi which is conserved at the Museum of Eighteenth-Century Venice, Cà Rezzonico in Venice. At left of portrait the value and the initial "m" of the engraver. At right the mintmark and the dates of the anniversary.
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