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5 Soldi - Maria Theresia
| Issuer | Milan, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1778-1780 |
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| Composition | Silver (.552) |
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| Obverse lettering | M·THER·D·G·R·I·H·B·R·A·A·D·MED· |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 SOLDI 17 80 |
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Milan came under Habsburg control in 1714 following the War of the Spanish Succession, and Maria Theresa ruled the duchy as part of her broader Italian territories — never visiting it once. The 5 Soldi series of her final years was produced amid the administrative reforms pushed by her son Joseph, who was already co-regent and systematically standardizing coinage across Habsburg lands. This coin was struck within two years of her death in November 1780, after which Milanese coinage shifted rapidly under Joseph II.