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Coin replica - Banca Commerciale Italiana (Progetto di testone - Ludovico Maria Sforza and Beatrice d'Este)
| Issuer | Banca Commerciale Italiana |
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| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Replica coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | LVDOVICVS M SF ANGLY DVX M 1497 |
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Banca Commerciale Italiana commissioned a series of silver replicas in the late 1980s reproducing celebrated Renaissance coin designs, this piece drawing from Leonardo da Vinci's proposed testone for Ludovico il Moro — a project that was never minted in the 15th century. The original remained a design concept, likely prepared around 1494–1495, known today only through drawn studies.
BCI distributed these as institutional prestige pieces rather than circulating currency, and they were never legal tender.