Ferdinando III returned to Tuscany in 1814 after Napoleon dissolved the Kingdom of Etruria, resuming a reign interrupted by French annexation in 1807. This lira was struck in the final years of his rule before his death in 1824, during a period of deliberate monetary consolidation aimed at restoring pre-Napoleonic coinage standards that the French occupation had thoroughly disrupted.
Ferdinando III returned to Tuscany in 1814 after Napoleon dissolved the Kingdom of Etruria, resuming a reign interrupted by French annexation in 1807. This lira was struck in the final years of his rule before his death in 1824, during a period of deliberate monetary consolidation aimed at restoring pre-Napoleonic coinage standards that the French occupation had thoroughly disrupted.