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1/2 Baiocco - Leo XII Inscription in wreath
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1824 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | LEO XII PON· MAX· ANNO I B (Translation: Leo XII, Greatest Bishop, year) |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a clean, typographically bold design within a closed wreath of stylized olive or laurel leaves and berries encircling the entire field. The denomination MEZZO BAIOCCO is inscribed in two lines across the upper portion of the field, followed by the abbreviation ROM. for Roma (Rome) on the third line, and the date 1824 at the base, all in raised capital letters against a smooth, unadorned field. |
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Leo XII's 1824 coinage came early in a pontificate defined by reaction — he reversed many of the administrative modernizations introduced under Pius VII and reimposed restrictive social legislation across the Papal States, including a crackdown on Jews confined to the ghetto and prohibitions on vaccination. The copper fractional issues of this year were among the first struck under his authority following his election in September 1823, making them the earliest material expression of a reign that would prove deeply conservative even by papal standards.