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4 Soldi
| Issuer | Ligurian Republic (1797-1814) |
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| Year | 1814 |
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| Currency | Lira (1797-1805; 1814) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the crowned arms of Genoa — a quartered shield bearing the Cross of St. George — flanked on either side by a cornucopia tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The denomination 'S. 4.' is divided across the flanking cornucopias, with the digit '4' appearing to the right of the shield. The date 1814 is inscribed in the exergue below the shield. The circular legend RESPUBLICA GENUENSIS runs along the periphery, interrupted by the shield design. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Ligurian Republic was already a dead letter by 1814 — Napoleon had annexed it outright into the French Empire in 1805, nine years before this coin's date. That anomaly has never been fully explained in the numismatic literature, and it remains unclear whether this represents a posthumous striking, a die-dated holdover, or a clerical error in the catalog attribution. Tread carefully with any confident provenance claim for this type.