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Price : 70.00 €
Type : Paolo
Date: 1842
Mint name / Town : Florence
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,65 g.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOP. II. D. G. P. R. H. ET B. A. A. M. D. ET R..
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite du Grand-duc Léopold II ; au-dessous signature G. N. et marque de maître.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SVSCEPTOR NOST. DEVS // 1842.
Reverse description : Ecu ovale couronné.
Historical background
ITALY - GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY - LEOPOLD II
(1824-1859)
Leopold II of Tuscany (1797-1870) was the son of Ferdinand III of Tuscany (1769-1824) and Louise of the Two Sicilies (1773-1802). He is the nephew of Emperor Francis I of Habsburg. His sister, Thérèse, married Charles-Albert of Sardinia. He is an ultra-conservative. He succeeded his father in 1824. He was forced to abdicate in 1859 in favor of his son Ferdinand IV (1835-1908) who was himself overthrown the following year. Victor-Emmanuel II becomes king of unified Italy in 1861.
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