1/2 Doppia - Charles Emmanuel III

Charles Emmanuel III spent much of the early 1740s prosecuting the War of the Austrian Succession, and Turin's mint output during 1741–42 reflects the financial strain of maintaining Piedmontese forces in the field. The half doppia was a practical denomination — large enough to move meaningful sums, small enough to circulate among officers and merchants rather than sitting purely in treasury transfers.

Savoy's gold coinage of this period is frequently found with slight adjustment marks, a result of the Turin mint's unusually rigorous weight control practices relative to other Italian states.