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40 Lire - Maria Luigia
| Issuer | Parma and Piacenza, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1815-1821 |
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| Value | 40 Lire |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central shield of the ducal arms of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, quarterly with fleurs-de-lis and other heraldic charges, surmounted by a ducal crown and supported by elaborate ermine-lined mantling tied with cords and tassels at each side. The denomination 40 LIRE appears in the lower portion of the legend, with the full circular legend reading PER LA GR. DI DIO DUCH. DI PARMA PIAC. E GUAST. |
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Maria Luigia received the Duchy of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla as a consolation sovereignty under the 1814 Treaty of Fontainebleau — a diplomatic arrangement that kept Napoleon's Austrian wife comfortable while her husband rotted on Elba. She governed competently and by most accounts genuinely, remaining in Parma until her death in 1847. The gold coinage issued under her name follows the Napoleonic metric standard her husband had imposed across Europe, which Parma quietly retained long after the Congress of Vienna made such continuity politically awkward.
Mintage across the full run was extremely limited, reflecting Parma's modest size and revenue base.