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1/2 Francescone - Ferdinando III
| Issuer | Tuscany, Grand Duchy of |
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| Year | 1823 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed draped bust of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair. The peripheral legend encircles the effigy reading FERD·III·D·G·P·I·A·P·R·H·ET B·A·A·M·D·ETR·, with a small mintmark 'S' and star positioned in the lower field beneath the truncation. The portrait is executed in a neoclassical style characteristic of early nineteenth-century Tuscan coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The quartered arms of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany displayed on an oval shield, incorporating the pale of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and the Medici balls, surmounted by the grand ducal crown and flanked by the collar of the Order of Saint Stephen. The shield is set within a decorated cartouche, with the date 1823 appearing in the lower field. The two-part legend LEX TVA VERITAS flanks the shield laterally, with PISIS inscribed below, referencing the Pisa mint. |
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