1 Quattrino - Leopoldo II

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.