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1 Scudo - Ercole III
| Issuer | Modena and Reggio, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1782-1783 |
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| Currency | Scudo |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio, facing left, wearing a powdered wig tied with a ribbon bow and an elaborately embroidered coat, with the badge of an order suspended at the breast. The peripheral Latin legend encircles the effigy within a toothed inner border. |
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| Reverse lettering | PROXIMA SOLI · 1782 |
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Ercole III d'Este ruled Modena and Reggio as the duchy's last reigning duke, his authority already undermined by the death of the male Este line before him and secured only through inheritance via the female branch. This scudo was struck during a narrow two-year window that preceded the political turbulence of the following decade. When Napoleon's forces swept through northern Italy in 1796, Ercole III fled, and the duchy was absorbed — ending nearly four centuries of Este coinage at Modena.