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2.6 Soldi - Charles Emmanuel III
| Issuer | Piedmont-Sardinia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1733-1740 |
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| Currency | Scudo Sardo (1720-1816) |
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| Obverse description | Armored and draped bust of Charles Emmanuel III facing right, rendered in low relief with period military attire visible at the shoulder. The effigy occupies the central field and is encircled by the Latin legend. The portrait conveys a formal royal style typical of mid-18th century Savoyard coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Charles Emmanuel III spent much of the 1730s at war — first in the Polish Succession conflict, then repositioning Piedmont-Sardinia through the 1738 Treaty of Vienna. The 2.6 soldi denomination in billon was a practical instrument for small transactions in a kingdom whose monetary system mixed French, Spanish, and local accounting traditions into chronic confusion. The fractional face value itself — not a round number by any convention — reflects the awkward arithmetic of converting older monetary units rather than any deliberate design.