Italian States, Toscana (Tuscany, Grand Duchy). Ferdinando III di Lorena AR Francescone da 10 Paoli. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1799. Francesco Grobert, moneyer; Luigi Siries, die engraver. FERDINANDVS • III • D • G • P • R • H • ET • B • A • A • M • D • ETR •, head to right; LS monogram and unicorn below / LEX TVA VERITAS •, crowned arms superimposed on cross of St. Stephen, within collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; PISIS and date below. Pucci 58; MIR 405/8; Gigante 31a; Davenport 1521. 27.30g, 42mm, 6h.

Mint State; wonderful old cabinet tone.

From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included.