Italian States, Etruria (Kingdom). Carlo Ludovico di Borbone and Maria Luigia, as Regent, AR Francescone da 10 Paoli. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1803. Giovanni Fabbroni, moneyer; Luigi Siries, die engraver. CAROLVS LVD. D. G. REX ETR. & M. ALOYSIA R. RECTRIX I. I. H. H., confronted busts of mother and son; LS monogram • hammer below / VIDEANT PAVPERES ET LAETENTUR •, crowned arms superimposed on cross of St. Stephen, collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece below; PISIS and date below. Pucci 15 (this coin, small leaves on edge, struck 1806); MIR 424; Pagani 29a; Gigante 12; Davenport 154. 27.14g, 41mm, 6h.

Very Fine; attractive tone over polished surfaces. Extremely Rare.

This coin published in A. Pucci, Le Monete della Zecca di Firenze: “monetazione mercantile” epoca Lorenese 1737-1859. Part III (2007);
From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included.