Italian States, Toscana (Tuscany, Grand Duchy). Ferdinando III di Lorena AR Francescone da 10 Paoli. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1800 (struck in 1814). Francesco Grobert, moneyer; Luigi Siries, die engraver. FERDINANDVS • III • D • G • P • R • H • ET • B • A • A • M • D • ETRVR •, head to right; LS monogram • unicorn below / LEX TVA VERITAS •, crowned arms superimposed on cross of St. Stephen, within collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; PISIS ⚬ date ⚬ below. Pucci 82 (struck in 1814); cf. MIR 405/9; Gigante 32; Davenport 149. 27.23g, 42mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included.