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AE Progetto del 2 Denari, Milan
Milan
Italian Republic, French Puppet State 1802-1805
Crippa 11, PCGS-graded Specimen 63RB
Obverse depicts Project with serpentine ribbon and year A II below, with denomination on the reverse. Considerable mint-red luster, boldly d…

AR Scudo of 6 Lire, Year VIII (1800)
Milan
Cisalpine Republic, French Puppet State 1800-1802
KM-C2, PCGS-graded MS-64
Superbly engraved and richly toned. Rare, especially so choice.
The Cisalpine Republic in northern Italy was allied with France from 1797 until 1802…

AR 5 Lire, 1811
Venice
Napoleon Bonaparte, French Puppet State 1805-1814
Pag. 16; Gig. 110, PCGS-graded AU-53
Obverse depicts the bust of Napoleon I facing right. On the reverse crown and mantled arms. A lovely example with a pleasing portrait of…

AR 10 Lire, 1797
Venice
French Occupation, French Puppet State 1797
KM.777, PCGS-graded AU-50
A lovely example, perfectly centered and boldly struck with choice surfaces.
On May 12, 1797 in face of hopeless resistance to the Napoleonic armies the…