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| ID Number: | MC05-0106 |
| Description: | 1 Centesimo |
| Country or State: | Kingdom of Sardinia (Italian States) |
| Year: | 1826 |
| Head of State/Ruler: | Charles Felix (Full Name: Carlo Felice Giuseppe Maria di Savoia) |
| Reign: | 1821-1831 |
| Currency: | Lira |
| Obverse: | 3-line inscription with date in laurel wreath. |
| Obverse Legend: | CAR · FELIX D · G · REX SAR · CYP · ET HIER · |
| Reverse: | Crowned spade-shaped shield containing displayed eagle, oval shield of Savoy arms on breast, between 2 oak branches tied with ribbon at bottom. |
| Reverse Legend: | None |
| Edge: | Plain |
| Mint Mark: | P in oval and Eagle Head (Turin) |
| Note: | Mainland Reform Coinage |
| Engraver: | Maurizio Veglia |
| Orientation: | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Composition: | Copper 100% |
| Diameter: | 19.00 mm |
| Weight: | 2.000 Grams |
| Catalog Number: | KM#125.1, G# 113 |
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Charles Felix (Carlo Felice Giuseppe Maria; 6 April 1765 – 27 April 1831) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831. The Kingdom of Sardinia comprised the island of Sardinia, first as a part of the Crown of Aragon and subsequently the Spanish Empire (1297–1720), and second as a part of the composite state of the House of Savoy (1720–1861). Its capital was originally Cagliari, in the south of the island, and later Turin, on the mainland. The kingdom was formed by Pope Boniface VIII from a papal claim to the islands of Corsica and Sardinia in 1297 and bestowed, as a vassal of the Holy See, on James II of Aragon.It was not until 1324 that James launched a military campaign to take control of his kingdom, and not until 1410 that the last native resisters fell. In 1416 the first of a long line of viceroys was appointed, and in 1420 the last competing claim to the island was bought out. In 1861, the Kingdom of Sardinia became the founding state of the new Kingdom of Italy, annexing all other Italian states. The Kingdom thus continued in legal continuity with the actual Italian state, to which it transferred all its institutions first to Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) and after to Italian Republic. |