Tuscany 1834 5 paoli
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This specimen was lot 2039 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIE, TOSCANE, Léopold II de Lorraine (1824-1859), AR 1/2 francescone, 1834, Florence. Très rare. (Italy, grand duchy of Tuscany, Leopold II of Lorraine, silver hafl francescone of 1834, Florence mint. Very rare, about Extremely Fine.)"
This one year type is rare. The five paoli was one half of a francescone, the Tuscan equivalent of a piastra.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.75 g, 0.917 fine silver, 31 mm diameter, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: KM C73a, M. 336; M.I.R. 451.
- Gigante, Fabio, Gigante 2016: Catalogo Nazionale delle Monete Italiano Dal '700 All'Euro, 24a ed. Varese, Italy, 2015.
- Montenegro, Eupremio, Montenegro 2015: Manuale del Collezionista di Monete Italiane, 30 ed., Torino, Italy: Montenegro s.a.s., 2014.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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