fwo_939154 - ITALY - TUSCANY - VICTOR-EMMANUEL II 50 Centesimi Gouvernement de la Toscane Victor Emmanuel II 1860 Florence
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Type : 50 Centesimi Gouvernement de la Toscane Victor Emmanuel II
Date: 1860
Mint name / Town : Florence
Quantity minted : 2430000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 11 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,49 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VITTORIO EMANUELE RE ELETTO.
Obverse description : portrait à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CINQUANTA CENTESIMI // FIRENZE 1860.
Reverse description : écu couronné entouré de rameaux.
Commentary
Ce type est frappé à l’effigie pour le Royaume de Sardaigne dans les ateliers de Milan et Gênes. La même année, un autre type à l’effigie de Victor Emmanuel II “roi élu” est frappé à Florence..
Historical background
ITALY - TUSCANY - VICTOR-EMMANUEL II
(04/29/1859-03/17/1861)
Victor-Emmanuel II (03/14/1820-01/9/1878), son of Charles-Albert and Teresa 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. In 1859, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany is overthrown and takes as monarch Victor-Emmanuel II.
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