Italian States, Toscana (Tuscany, Grand Duchy). Leopold II di Lorena AR 1/2 Paolo. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1856. Giuseppe Nideröst, die engraver. LEOP • II • D • G • P • R • H • ET B • A • A • M • D • ETR •, head to right; G. N. below / SVSCEPTOR NOST • DEVS, crowned arms of Lorraine, Austria and Tuscany superimposed on cross of St. Stephen, with collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; date below. Pucci 33; MIR 459/2; Pagani 159; Gigante 60. 1.37g, 18mm, 6h.
Mint State; wonderful old cabinet tone.
From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included.