Italian States, Toscana (Tuscany, Grand Duchy). Ferdinando III di Lorena AR 1/2 Francescone da 5 Paoli. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1820. Giovanni Fabbroni, moneyer; Carlo Siries, die engraver. FERD • III • D • G • P • I • A • P • R • H • ET B • A • A • M • D • ETR •, head to right; S • hammer below / LEX TVA VERITAS •, crowned arms of Lorraine, Austria and Tuscany; PISIS • date • below. Pucci 9; MIR 436/2; Pagani 69; Gigante 41. 13.44g, 32mm, 6h.

Good Fine; pleasant tone. Very Rare.

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