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20 Lire - Victor Emmanuel I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Sardinia |
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| Year | 1821 |
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| Currency | Lira (1816-1861) |
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| Reverse description | Crowned and quartered coat of arms of the House of Savoy, displaying the dynastic shields of Savoy, Jerusalem, Chablais, and Aosta, surrounded by an ornate laurel and oak wreath tied at the base. The shield is surmounted by a royal crown rendered in high relief. The denomination L. 20 appears in the lower field beneath the shield. The surrounding legend DVX SAB. GENVAE ET MONTISF. PRINC. PED. &. encircles the design along the coin's rim, recording the king's subsidiary titles as Duke of Savoy, Genoa, and Monferrat, and Prince of Piedmont. |
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| Mintage | 1821 AL - Mintage includes 1821 date for KM#118.1 - 17,584 |
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Victor Emmanuel I abdicated in March 1821 — the same year this coin was struck — under pressure from the Piedmontese revolutionary movement demanding a constitutional government. He handed power to his brother Charles Felix rather than concede a constitution, making this a terminal-year issue for his reign. Very few were struck before the political crisis shut down normal operations at the Turin mint.