-Italy 1849 Roman Republic Three 3 Baiocchi " Flat Top Three" Variety

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From an old time collection fine European coins, Lincoln Gold & Coin is pleased to offer this scarce and always popular coin issued in in 1849 during the short lived Roman Republic. This Three Baiocchi is a high-grade example priced to sell. This is the "Flat Top Three" Variety.
HISTORY -
Following the assassination of a Papal government minister on November 15, 1848, a general revolt broke out in Rome. Pope Pius IX left Rome in disguise to stay in Gaeta later that month. A Constitutional Assembly convened on February 8 and proclaimed the Roman Republic on February 9, 1849.
The first period of armed conflict began on April 25, 1849 when some 8,000 French troops under General Charles Oudinot landed at Civitavecchia on the coast near Rome. The French sent an officer to meet with Giuseppe Mazzini and demanded that the pope be restored to power. In response, the revolutionary Roman Assembly authorized Mazzini to resist the French by force of arms.
The French siege of Rome began on June 1, 1849 and despite the resistance of Garibaldi's Republican army the French prevailed. A truce was negotiated on July 1 and on July 2 Garibaldi, followed by some 4,000 troops, withdrew from Rome for refuge in the neutral republic of San Marino. The French Army entered Rome on July 3 and reestablished the Holy See's temporal power thereby ending the Roman Republic. The French army maintained their strong presence in support of the Papal States until the unification of Italy.
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