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3 Centesimi - Maria Luigia
| Issuer | Parma and Piacenza, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1830 |
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| Value | 3 Centesimi (0.03) |
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| Reverse description | The denomination is prominently displayed in two lines at the centre of the plain field, with the numeral 3 above and CENTESIMI below in bold serif lettering. The circumferential legend DUCHESSA DI PARMA PIACENZA E GUASTALLA encircles the denomination, running along the rim and terminated by a colon stop at the base. The overall design is typographically clean, with no additional decorative elements in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Maria Luigia — Napoleon's second wife and the former Empress of the French — was awarded the Duchy of Parma by the Congress of Vienna in 1814 as consolation for a marriage she had not chosen and an empire that had collapsed around her. She ruled until her death in 1847, and her coinage reflects the odd administrative reality of a Napoleonic consort governing an Italian duchy under Austrian protection. The 3 centesimi was among the smallest denominations struck for everyday use in her name.
Gigante 15 places this among the more readily encountered copper issues of her reign, though surviving examples with unimpaired surfaces are less common than raw survival numbers suggest.