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5 Franchi - Felix and Elisa
| Issuer | Principality of Lucca and Piombino |
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| Year | 1805-1808 |
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| Currency | Franc (1805-1808) |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined draped busts of Elisa Bonaparte and Felice Baciocchi, Co-Princes of Lucca and Piombino, facing right, with Elisa depicted in the foreground wearing a jewelled crown and a draped garment fastened at the shoulder. The circular legend reads FELICE ED ELISA PP • DI LUCCA E PIOMBINO • around the periphery, engraved in a refined Neoclassical style attributed to Santarelli. The finely detailed portraiture reflects the Empire period aesthetic, with Elisa's curled hair and crown rendered with particular sculptural precision. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the denomination 5 FRANCHI in two lines within an open olive wreath tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The date appears in the exergue below the wreath. The circular legend PRINCIPATO DI LUCCA E PIOMBINO runs around the upper periphery. The overall composition is clean and unadorned, consistent with Napoleonic-era coinage design conventions. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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