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24 Lire
| Issuer | Genoa, Republic of (1139-1797) |
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| Year | 1793-1795 |
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| Currency | Scudo (1528-1797) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned rectangular shield bearing the arms of the Republic of Genoa, flanked by two rampant griffins serving as heraldic supporters. The entire composition rests upon a decorative base, beneath which a lion's head is prominently displayed. The circumferential Latin legend reads DUX ET GUB REIP GENU, identifying the Doge and Governors of the Genoese Republic. The heraldic engraving is rendered in a bold, high-relief style characteristic of late 18th-century Italian coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | DUX • ET GUB • REIP • GENU • |
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The Genoese republic's final decades were defined less by commercial confidence than by fiscal exhaustion — decades of war indemnities, French pressure, and a banking sector stretched thin. The 24 Lire was among the last substantial gold issues before the French annexation effectively ended the republic's independent coinage in 1797. KM#255 covers a three-year window that corresponds with the revolutionary turbulence spreading north from France, when maintaining a credible gold currency was itself a political act.