ITALY 10 Tornesi 1859 Naples & Sicily, Francis II. NGC MS 63 BN

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Certification details

Certification number: 8361146-018

Grade: MS 63 BN

NGC collectible ID: 230816

Nominal value: 10TOR

Mint Mark: ITALY

Variety: NAPLES & SICILY - FRAN.II

Year: 1859

1859, Naples & Sicily, Francis II. Copper 10 Tornesi Coin. NGC MS-63 BN!


Reference: KM-377.
Denominations: 10 Tornesi
Mint Year: 1859 (1-year type!)
Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as MS-63 BN!
Weight: ca. 31.2gm
Diameter: 37.5mm
Material: Copper

Obverse: Head of Francesco II as King of the Two Sicilies left.
Legend: FRANCISCVS II . D . G . REGNI . VTR . SIC . ET . HIER . REX *

Reverse: Large royal lis symbol above denomination (TORNESI) and value (10). Date (1859) below.



The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Neapolitan: Regno d’ ’e Ddoje Sicilie; Sicilian: Regnu dî Dui Sicili; Italian: Regno delle Due Sicilie; Spanish: Reino de las Dos Sicilias) was a kingdom located in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1860. The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and size in Italy prior to Italian unification, comprising Sicily and all of the peninsula of Italy south of the Papal States, covering most of the area of today's Mezzogiorno.

The kingdom was formed when the Kingdom of Sicily merged with the Kingdom of Naples, which was officially also known as the Kingdom of Sicily. Since both kingdoms were named Sicily, they were collectively known as the "Two Sicilies" (Utraque Sicilia, literally "both Sicilies"), and the unified kingdom adopted this name. The King of the Two Sicilies was overthrown by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860, after which the people supposedly voted in a plebiscite to join the Savoyard Kingdom of Sardinia. The annexation of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies completed the first phase of Italian unification, and the new Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed in 1861.

The Two Sicilies were heavily agricultural, like the other Italian states.



Francis II (Italian: Francesco II, christened Francesco d'Assisi Maria Leopoldo, 16 January 1836 – 27 December 1894), was King of the Two Sicilies from 1859 to 1861. He was the last King of the Two Sicilies, as successive invasions by Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia ultimately brought an end to his rule, and marked the first major event of Italian unification. After he was deposed, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Kingdom of Sardinia were merged into the newly formed Kingdom of Italy.

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