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fwo_778211 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - VICTOR-EMMANUEL II 1 Lire 1860 Florence
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Type : 1 Lire
Date: 1860
Mint name / Town : Florence
Quantity minted : 1654981
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,87 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux
Obverse
Obverse legend : VITTORIO EMANUELE RE ELETTO.
Obverse description : portrait à droite du roi Victor Emmanuel II.
Obverse translation : (Victor Emmanuel roi élu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : UNA LIRA ITALIANA / FIRENZE 1860.
Reverse description : écu de la maison de Savoie couronné entouré du Collier de l’Annonciation entre deux rameaux.
Reverse translation : (Une Lire Italienne / Florence 1860).
Commentary
En 1860, suite à la fuite des Grands-Duc de la maison des Habsbourg-Lorraine, la Toscane est ratachée au Piémont. Confortés par plusieurs plébiscites, Victor-Emmanuel II fait frapper à l’atelier de Florence des monnaies à son effigie avec la mention “Roi élu d’Italie”. Florence sera une éphémère capitale du Royaume d’Italie de 1865 à 1870, jusqu’à la prise de Rome..
In 1860, following the flight of the Grand Dukes of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, Tuscany was annexed to Piedmont. Encouraged by several plebiscites, Victor Emmanuel II had coins minted at the Florence mint bearing his image and the inscription \\\"Elected King of Italy.\\\" Florence served as the short-lived capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1865 to 1870, until the fall of Rome.
In 1860, following the flight of the Grand Dukes of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, Tuscany was annexed to Piedmont. Encouraged by several plebiscites, Victor Emmanuel II had coins minted at the Florence mint bearing his image and the inscription \\\"Elected King of Italy.\\\" Florence served as the short-lived capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1865 to 1870, until the fall of Rome.
Historical background
ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - VICTOR-EMMANUEL II
(17/03/1861-9/01/1878)
Victor-Emmanuel II (14/03/1820-9/01/1878), son of Charles-Albert and Thérèse of Tuscany, succeeded his father who abdicated in 1849. In twelve years, with the help of Cavour and the alliance of France, he will reconstitute the kingdom of Italy for his benefit in 1861 but he does not take Rome until 1870.
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