. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. bordiT in incusi-d Icucrs,"''* while his tliirci project (fiS- 67) has one in raised letters. The latter was approsed October 18 and was struck in a small num- ber Ijcfore the entire issue was terminated. The com- position ol' this coin is \er)- well balanced. The f{ Fig. 67.â'LKS. Ferdinand I\'. piastra, 1804 '^° (Photo from Pagani) small bust of the monarch in Roman attire, executed in Pergcr's haljitual low relief, is not lacking in artistic value, and can even be considered one of his better coin engraxings. The massivity of the
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. bordiT in incusi-d Icucrs,"''* while his tliirci project (fiS- 67) has one in raised letters. The latter was approsed October 18 and was struck in a small num- ber Ijcfore the entire issue was terminated. The com- position ol' this coin is \er)- well balanced. The f{ Fig. 67.â'LKS. Ferdinand I\'. piastra, 1804 '^° (Photo from Pagani) small bust of the monarch in Roman attire, executed in Pergcr's haljitual low relief, is not lacking in artistic value, and can even be considered one of his better coin engraxings. The massivity of the strong profile is pleasantly balanced by the high relief of the sm-rounding border. The reverse has an impressi\e simplicity, harmonious in its design. Fig. 68.â'LKS. I' IV, pattern piasua, 1804 'â '' (Photo from Pagani) and distribution of letters. Interestingly, the same ob\erse and reverse designs transposed to a standard, flat planchet \vith no raised border (fig. 68) com- pletely lose their esthetic appeal: the bust appears awkward and too compact: the , insignificant. Perger's patterns did not receive necessary apprecia- tion, nor did his dies seem fit for production. From the earlier, first project of the piastra of 1804 only a few specimens could be struck before the dies broke, while the second project was rejected without much consideration by the Superior Council of Finances. Lengthy wrangles widened his rift with the new adntinistration. Against their regular procedure, his superiors gave the commission for the piastra project to two artists outside the mint, Filippo Rega for the obverse dies and Michele Arnaud for the re\-erse. Michele Arnaud, more a technician than an artist, was well known in Naples as a button manufacturer. He had come in contact with the mint through occasional use of their presses. Later he introduced some mechanical changes and, in collaboration with Rega, he developed certain techniques for improving the die prepara
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