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fwo_824040 - ITALY - GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY - LEOPOLD II Fiorino, 3e type 1842 Florence
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Price : 300.00 €
Type : Fiorino, 3e type
Date: 1842
Mint name / Town : Florence
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 916 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,78 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de toute beauté présentant de jolis reliefs. Belle patine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLDO II. A. D’A. GRANDUCA DI TOSCANA.
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite du Grand-duc Léopold II ; au-dessous signature G. N. et marque de maître.
Obverse translation : (Léopold II d’Autriche, Grand-duc de Toscane).
Reverse
Reverse legend : QUATTRINI - CENTO. 1842..
Reverse description : Fleur de lis, au-dessous FIORINO.
Reverse translation : (Cent quattrini).
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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