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10 Quattrini - Ferdinando III
| Issuer | Tuscany, Grand Duchy of |
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| Year | 1800-1801 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Crowned quartered shield of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, surmounted by an elaborate arched crown with cross finial. The coat of arms is divided into quadrants displaying the heraldic charges of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The date appears in the exergue below the shield. The peripheral legend reads LEX TUA VERITAS, partially visible along the left and right fields. |
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| Obverse lettering | LEX TUA VERITAS |
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Ferdinando III's second tenure over Tuscany was interrupted almost immediately — Napoleon's reorganization of the Italian peninsula forced him out of Florence in 1799, and these billon quattrini were struck in the narrow window before French pressure made his position untenable again. By 1801 he had been formally displaced, eventually receiving Salzburg as cold consolation. The quattrino denomination itself was ancient Florentine small change, surviving into the early nineteenth century largely through institutional inertia rather than any practical monetary reform.