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Retour de François Ier à Milan, Austria-Hungary.
This token was struck to celebrate the oath of allegiance of Lombardy towns part of Kingdom Lombardo-Veneto to Frances I of Austria. During the celebration (May 15, 1815) several of these tokens in silver and copper were thrown to people from the Archduke Giovanni of Austria.
The engraver was the talented Luigi Manfredini. Though referred to as a lira it was struck on an unusual size planchet. This medal or token can be considered scarce.
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