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10 Soldi - Francesco II Sforza
| Issuer | Milan, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1521-1535 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#64, N&V#264, MIR#270 |
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| Reverse lettering | DVX·MEDIOLANI·ETC: |
| Edge | Plain |
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Francesco II was the last Sforza duke, ruling Milan under the suffocating supervision of Charles V after the Spanish-Imperial forces retook the city in 1521. His authority was nominal at best — Charles withheld formal investiture until 1524, leaving Francesco in a prolonged legal limbo that made even the act of issuing coinage a politically loaded gesture. He died without a legitimate heir in 1535, and Milan passed directly into Habsburg hands, ending over a century of Sforza rule.