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10 Leghe Libertà ai Popoli
| Issuer | Republic of the North |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse description | Full-length figure of Alberto da Giussano, the legendary Lombard warrior, standing in the center of the field, holding a raised sword in his right hand and a large shield in his left. A stylized map of northern Italy occupies the background behind the figure. The circular legend reads REPUBBLICA DEL NORD and LIBERTA' AI POPOLI, separated by dot stops, running around the entire periphery within a raised rim. |
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| Reverse description | Two large crossed elongated trapezoidal bars, resembling stylized fasces or the Lega Nord party emblem, occupy the center of the field in an X-formation, bordered along their outer edges by a row of raised circular pellets. The numeral 10 appears in the upper field above the crossed bars, and the denomination legend LEGHE is inscribed in the lower center. The date 1992 is engraved in the exergue along the lower rim, also framed by a row of pellets. |
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The Republic of the North was a short-lived secessionist construct promoted by the Lega Nord during the early 1990s, when Umberto Bossi's movement was pushing hard for a formal partition of Italy along a Po Valley boundary. These pieces were never legal tender anywhere — struck as political tokens intended to dramatize the separatist claim rather than circulate as money. The "Leghe" denomination itself is a pun, referencing both the monetary unit and the leagues (leghe) of the federalist movement.