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1 centime - Felix et Elisa essai
| Issuer | Principality of Lucca and Piombino (Lucca, Italian States) |
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| Year | 1806 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined busts of Elisa Bonaparte and Félix Baciocchi facing left, with Elisa Bonaparte in the foreground, her effigy draped and adorned with a tiara, and Félix Baciocchi depicted bareheaded behind her. The portraits are rendered in a neoclassical style typical of the Napoleonic era. The circular legend surrounds the busts along the rim of the coin. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Principality of Lucca and Piombino was carved out of Napoleonic reorganization in 1805 and handed to Félix Baciocchi largely because he had married Elisa Bonaparte. The territory was a political gift, not a strategic one. Essai pieces from this administration are pattern strikes produced for approval rather than circulation, which explains their survival in tin — a test medium cheap enough to waste and durable enough to preserve a die impression.
Lucca never developed a robust coinage infrastructure. Most essais from this principality exist in very small numbers, some in unique examples.