fwo_825078 - ITALY - GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY - LEOPOLD II 1/2 Paolo 1853 Florence
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Type : 1/2 Paolo
Date: 1853
Mint name / Town : Florence
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,36 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Traces de nettoyage mais un superbe exemplaire avec de jolis reliefs
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOP. II. D. G. P. R. H. ET. B. A. A. M. D. ETR..
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite de Léopold II de Toscane / G. N..
Obverse translation : (Léopold II, par la Grâce de Dieu, prince royal de Hongrie et Bohême, archiduc d’Autriche, grand duc d’Étrurie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : NOST. DEVS. - SVSCEPTOR / 1853.
Reverse description : Armes couronnées dans un collier.
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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