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Italian States, Tuscany 1859 1 Fiorino Silver Coin ONE YEAR TYPE SCARCE
Italian States, Tuscany 1859 1 Fiorino Silver Coin ONE YEAR TYPE SCARCE
Italian States, Tuscany 1859 1 Fiorino Silver Coin ONE YEAR TYPE SCARCE
Italian States, Tuscany 1859 1 Fiorino Silver Coin ONE YEAR TYPE SCARCE

Italian States, Tuscany 1859 1 Fiorino Silver Coin ONE YEAR TYPE SCARCE

$ 100.31

Availability: 44 in stock
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
  • Year: 1859
  • Composition: Silver
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Grade: AU
  • Condition: :“““““Condition: Pre-owned. We have recently acquired a group of coins from a collectors estate. We are leaving the coins in the flips, all the notations are the previous owners.”””””

    Description

    The Tuscan florin (Italian: fiorino) was the currency of Tuscany between 1826 and 1859. It was subdivided into 100 quattrini (singular: quattrino), a local currency made by four pennies (from the Latin: quater denarii).
    The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was ruled by the Medici family from the mid-1500's until its extinction in 1723. Given to Francis of Lorraine as compensation for the loss of his duchy, it passed to the Hapsburgs on his death in 1765 as a junior appanage, that is, it could never be directly ruled by the emperor himself but a cadet prince. Leopold II ruled the region from 1824 until his overthrow in the general unification of Italy in 1859-61.
    This coin is from the provisional government organized after his ouster and survived for 22 months.
    Engraver: Luigi Gori