fwo_752445 - ITALY - GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY - LEOPOLD II 3 Quattrini 1843 Florence
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Type : 3 Quattrini
Date: 1843
Mint name / Town : Florence
Quantity minted : -
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,84 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Petit manque sur la tranche à 2 heures au droit
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOP.II . A . D’A. - GRAND.DI TOSC..
Obverse description : écu couronné du Grand-Duché de Toscane.
Obverse translation : (Léopold II Archiduc d’Autriche, Grand Duc de Toscane).
Reverse
Reverse description : inscription sur 3 lignes 3 / QUATTRINI / 1843.
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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