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Date(s)
- 15th century - 19th century (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
13 volumes; 6.4 linear metres; textual records
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Biographical history
Archival history
The mint of the Dubrovnik Republic began operating most probably at the end of the 13th century. The mint was in the headquarters of the Large Customs House. Beginning in 1522 The Customs House was in the Sponza Palace, and, before that, its services had been offered in another building located at the same location. The mint of the Republic was under the direct control of the state authorities. Already in 1461, the authorities issued a decree according to which the supervisors of the mint, called zecchieri, had to keep a special book in which they would account for each piece of coin that was minted. Initially, the mint was first administered by zecchieri, then by four customs officers of the Large Customs House. Since the end of the 17th century, five senatorswere involved in the process of supervision and administration of the state mint and at the beginning of 17th century, the state mint also functioned as a public bank that supported commercial operations enabling state loans and providing substantial financial support to satisfy the growing needs of the Dubrovnik Republic.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The fonds has been linked to the archive since its inception. In times of the Dubrovnik Republic, the books of the fonds were stored at the Sponza Palace. The archival material remained there until 1891, when it was transferred to the Rector’s Palace. The archival materials were then consolidated and became available to researchers. The archive in the Rector's Palace has been functioning as an independent institution since 1920 and it was dislocated to the Sponza Palace in 1952, where it is still located today.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
There are no references to Jewish people in this fonds.
The books of this fonds primarily contain the “Principal Books of the Mint” and the “Journal with the General Ledger Book” including the information from the first decade of the 15th century to the beginning of the 19th century.
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Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
The fonds is fully accessible to researchers in accordance with the Ordinance on the work in the reading room of the State Archives in Dubrovnik and the Law on Archival Materials and Archives NN 61/18 (Pravilnik o radu u čitaonici Državnog arhiva u Dubrovniku and Zakon o arhivskom gradivu i arhivima NN 61/18).
Conditions governing reproduction
Taking photographs and scanning are allowed, for a fee.
Language of material
- Italian
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Paper. The archival material is well preserved.
Finding aids
Građa za generalni katalog Državnog arhiva u Dubrovniku, box 17, folder 30.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
State Archives in Dubrovnik
Existence and location of copies
The fonds has been completely transferred to microfilms, but the microfilms are not available to the users of archives.
Related units of description
Publication note
Milan Rešetar, La Zecca della Republica di Ragusa, Split: Tip. di A. Zannoni, M. Snidarčić, 1892. Konstantin Vojnović, »Carinski sustav republike dubrovačke.« Rad JAZU 129 (1896): 90-171. Jorjo Tadić, »Les archives économiques de Raguse.« Annales 6 (1961): 1168-1175. Bernard Stulli, »O pravnom režimu korištenja arhivske građe.« (zusammenfassung: Über die rechtliche regelung der benetzung von archivalien) Arhivski vjesnik 9 (1966): 137-237. Mihajlo Dinić, »Dubrovačka kovnica novca u 1422. godini.« Istorijski glasnik 1-2 (1976): 15-43. Sima Ćirković, »Dubrovačka kovnica i proizvodnja srebra u Srbiji i Bosni.« Istorijski glasnik 1-2 (1976): 91-97. Antonio Di Vittorio, Finanze e moneta a Ragusa nell' età delle crisi, Napoli: Gianinni editore, 1983. Paola Pierucci, »I cambi esteri della Repubblica di Ragusa nella seconda metà del '700.«, in Ragusa e il Mediterraneo; Ruolo e funzioni di una Repubblica tra Medioevo ed Età moderna, ed. Antonio Di Vittorio. Bari: Cacucci Editore, 1990: 263-292. Paola Pierucci, »La Zecca ragusea come banca pubblica nella seconda metà del XVIII secolo: il ruolo economico.«, in Ragusa e il Mediterraneo; Ruolo e funzioni di una Repubblica tra Medioevo ed Età moderna, ed. Antonio Di Vittorio. Bari: Cacucci Editore, 1990: 247-260. Paola Pierucci, Antonio Di Vittorio, Sergio Anselmi, Ragusa (Dubrovnik) una Repubblica Adriatica; Saggi di storia economica e finanziaria, Bologna: Cisalpino, 1994. Paola Pierucci, Una porta verso l'oriente, La Zecca di Ragusa (secc. XVII-XVIII), Torino: Giappichelli, 2000. Nella Lonza, »For the salvation of the souls, for the welfare of the state: Ragusan Treasurers and perpetual trusts for pious purposes from thr thirteenth to the fifteenth century.«, in: Knjiga rizničarskih najmova; Liber affictuum Thesaurarie (1428-1547), ed. Danko Zelić. Zagreb - Dubrovnik: Zavod za povijesne znanosti HAZU u Dubrovniku, 2012: 25-41.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Descriptions of fonds, series and sub-series are made according to the ISAD (G) standard (general international standard archival description).
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2021
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description prepared by Vesna Miović (Fonds, Series, Subseries) Croatia [The Institute for Historical Sciences in Dubrovnik, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (CASA)] Translation to English by Zrinka Friganović Sain