most proe;re.ssivf of his tiinc. and nianv (if his innn- 

 vntions were imitated Ijv Tsar Alexander 1 in peilert- 

 inc; the Russian minting process.'" Doinenico Reij- 

 ora, one of Diodati's expert technicians. im|)roved 



1v 



iv»- 



Fig. (54. X.APLF.S. FeRDIN.AND I\' AM) (.)riJ-\ CiAUlll I.\.\, 



medal, 171)1 "■' 

 (Photn from Ric c iaidi) 



to create a new sil\-er piastra, alleinpted to ini|)o.sc 

 a new artistic direction on coin ent;ra\ini;. 



I'erger was lorced to rise out of iiis inertia and to 

 conlorni to the new poHcv with an entirely new 

 creation. Inspired liv a marhle hiisi of ilie i<in<i by 

 Antonio CJanoN-a, he presented a new coin desi<,ni (tig. 

 00). It did not meet the approval of IVnhnand 



D.G> 



Fiy. 66. — Naples, Firdn wd W. pidj.-ci lor pi.isira, iBo.j ' 

 (Pliiiiii lioni I'loi.i) 



Fig. 65. — .Xaplks, FrRuiNAND I\'. obverse of medal, lycjj "" 

 (Phot(-i Ircjm Rieciardi) 



the mechanical installations, which y.iNe the mint 

 belter production. Diodati himst-lf, after receisint; 

 from the Ministrv of Finance in 18il4 the assi"nment 



i'M'roia and M.ikiiii. /)Y; \ \ (\'I2(,). p. 1; I )' Inci i< ri, 

 RI\ (1959), p. 3(j. 



"■' RiCCIARDI, Maiagl,,- ,/rllr Dii, Si,il„\ |). I", uicilal Ui. 

 "■■• Ibid., p. 17, medal 47. 



and another project was ret|iies(ed w idi L;r:'at urt;<-nc\-. 

 ApparentK' lollcjwint; the direilions of the .\Iiiiivir\ 

 ot Finance, he turned tow.ird I,ni;lish coin.i'^e tor 

 ins|)iriition. Tlie peiiiu' and twopence copper pieces 

 struck fiy Matthew Houlton fir the laiylish Govern- 

 ment in 1797 at the Soho mint in Hiriiiint;h,iin had 

 carried a raised border wliii li had uiven the pieces 

 the appearance ol a carlwheel, hdin which was 

 derived the name ■"carlw liet-l peniu.'" I'liis iniuna- 

 tion was not fa\i>rabl\ .Kcepted b\ the l.nulisli 

 public since the coins "were Immd exceedinylv 

 cumbrous,"'"' .iiul so the expei inii-iii was discon- 

 tinued, m.in\ ol the pieces beinn mclled (low 11 lor 

 their copper content. Hiil oulside ol l,n!.;land 

 ap|)arently the iio\rh\ ol this expeiimeiu impressed 

 peo|ile more than its l.iiliire. 



1 hree amoiii,' four of l'er'j;er"s patterns submitted 

 in 1804 for a piasli.i ol fCrdin.md \\ dis|)l.i\ the 

 s.iiiie lechniiiue of ,1 i.iised border. I wo p.illi'ins, 

 Ferrer's first project, have thi- inscription on the 



It" I'koia, \iimli (1941), vol. ■", pp. 1 li 1 I^. 

 I" ClUAio, Ijiriilim Mini, p. 2(i.S. .See also: Dickinson. M.illhi:r 

 limdhm: ISDM. vol. 1, |>. 2.VS. 



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