fwo_735711 - ITALY - GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY - LEOPOLD II 1 Fiorino 1858 Florence
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Type : 1 Fiorino
Date: 1858
Mint name / Town : Florence
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,87 g.
Edge : striée
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLDO II. A. D. A. GRANDUCA DUCA DI TOSCANA.
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite de Léopold II de Toscane .
Reverse
Reverse legend : QUATTRINI - CENTO 1858 / FIORINO.
Reverse description : Fleur de lys au centre.
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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