Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Peter Leopold I - 1765-1790 (Futur Emperor Leopold II 1790-1792)
Country: Tuscany (Italian states)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Year: 1785 (1778-1790)
Value: 1 Soldo (1/20)
Mint: Firenze
Currency: Lira (1601-1826)
Metal: Copper
Weight: 2 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Grade: VF/F (Damaged)
Shape: Round (irregular)
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: MIR# 393/6
Obverse:
Semioval coat of arms of Lorraine, Austria and Tuscany, crowned and flanked by two branches of laurel on each side.
Lettering:
P • LEOP • A • A • M • D • ETR •
1785
Reverse:
Value in ornate baroque frame.
Lettering:
SOLDO
Comments:
leopold II (Peter Leopold Joseph Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. Unusually for his time, he opposed capital punishment and abolished it in Tuscany in 1786 during his rule there, making it the first nation in modern history to do so. He was a son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Maria Carolina of Austria and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. Leopold was a moderate proponent of enlightened absolutism. He granted the Academy of Georgofili his protection. Despite his brief reign, he is highly regarded. The historian Paul W. Schroeder called him "one of the most shrewd and sensible monarchs ever to wear a crown".
https://numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it/moneta/W-PL/7
Riferimento : CNI 145/6GAL. XXII, MIR# 393/6
Fonte : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1...
Collezione : Italian States - Pre Risorgimento (1250-1861) & Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Republic (1946-date)