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1/2 Scudo - Charles Emmanuel I
| Issuer | Savoy, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1610 |
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| Value | 1/2 Scudo (3) |
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| Reverse description | Central motif consisting of a cross with trefoil-terminated arms, enclosed within an inner circle. The devotional legend TIBI. SOLI. ADERERE. (To Thee alone to adhere) is distributed around the periphery, with the date 1610 incorporated into the inscription. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Charles Emmanuel I spent much of his reign attempting to seize the Marquisate of Saluzzo from France, a decades-long territorial obsession that repeatedly drained Savoyard finances and forced creative monetary policy. The 1610 issue falls in the same year Henri IV of France — the main obstacle to Savoyard ambitions — was assassinated by Ravaillac, briefly reshaping the diplomatic calculus entirely.
MIR 593 is a scarce type, with surviving examples thin across major collections.