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1 Quattrino - Leopoldo II
| Issuer | Tuscany, Grand Duchy of |
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| Year | 1842-1857 |
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| Reference(s) | C#62a, MIR#465 |
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| Obverse lettering | LEOP۰II۰A۰D۰A۰G-D۰DI TOSC۰ |
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| Mintage | 1842 - - 250,000 1843 - - 454,500 1844 - - 546,950 1845 - - 414,000 1846 - - 522,350 1847 - - 540,000 1848 - - 477,300 1849 - - 1850 - - 513,560 1851 - - 616,400 1852 - - 262,000 1853 - - 590,600 1854 - - 598,350 1856 - - 296,800 1857 - - 76,200 |
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Leopoldo II ruled Tuscany as a genuinely moderate Habsburg grand duke — mild enough that Tuscans called him "Canapone," roughly "hemp head," an affectionate jab at his unhurried manner. That goodwill evaporated after 1849, when Austrian troops helped restore him following the revolutionary expulsions, and he spent his remaining years increasingly dependent on Vienna. The quattrino, the lowest copper denomination in circulation, was the coin most Florentines actually handled daily for small market transactions.
He was ultimately deposed in 1859 without a shot fired, his subjects simply declining to defend him.