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60 Grana - Ferdinando II 2nd portrait
| Issuer | Two Sicilies, Kingdom of the |
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| Year | 1841-1846 |
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| Value | 60 Grana (0.6) |
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| Obverse description | Mature bare-headed and bearded effigy of King Ferdinando II facing right, rendered in high relief with naturalistic detail to the hair and sideburns. The truncation of the neck is plain and unadorned. The circular legend reads FERDINANDVS II. DEI GRATIA REX, disposed around the upper periphery, while the date appears in the exergue below the bust. The field is smooth and unadorned, with a fine toothed border encircling the entire design. |
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| Obverse lettering | FERDINANDVS II. DEI GRATIA REX 1845 |
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Ferdinando II's second portrait coinage followed a significant renegotiation of the Two Sicilies mint operations in the late 1830s, part of broader fiscal tightening after the king suppressed the Sicilian constitutional movement and consolidated Bourbon authority over both halves of his kingdom. The 60 Grana denomination was the workhorse of Neapolitan silver commerce — roughly equivalent to half a Piastra — and circulated heavily in both Naples and Palermo throughout the 1840s.
The shift to the second portrait type is documented in MIR as a die revision rather than a policy change, making transitional pieces from 1841 worth examining closely for the intermediate punch characteristics.