Lot 740
Italian States -- Tuscany. Francescone, or silver 10 Paoli, 1772 (Florence). Dav-1514; KM-24.1; Mont.-43. 27.34 grams. Pietro Leopoldo di Lorena, 1765-1790. Youthful bust right, cuirassed, and draped with sash and orders. Reverse: Crowned rectangular arms within order chain, all before eight-rayed star. Superior strike, the obverse bold and complete. Obverse with satiny devices on mirror-like fields (showing some light marks and faint hairlines); reverse virtually pristine with lightly reflective fields. Handsome toning, russet to pink in the recesses. Very rare in this grade, with a marvelous portrait. NGC graded MS-63.
Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000.
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