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325 - SILVER – NAPOLEONIC - PRINCIPALITY OF LUCCA AND PIOMBINO, gr…
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Estimate €60
Description
SILVER – NAPOLEONIC - PRINCIPALITY OF LUCCA AND PIOMBINO, granted by Napoleon I to Elisa, the eldest of the Emperor’s three sisters, and her husband, the Corsican captain Felice Baciocchi, whom she married in 1797. Elisa later became Grand Duchess of Tuscany. FIVE FRANCHI, of the same size and weight as the franc-écu – 1808 – 24.49 grams – Very Fine + “FELICE ED ELISA PP DI LUCCA E PIOMBINO” – side-by-side busts of the couple, right profile
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