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1/2 Baiocco - Pius VI Oval shield
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1783-1790 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | PIVS·SEXTVS PON·M·A·XIV |
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| Reverse lettering | MEZZO BAIOCCO ROMANO |
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Pius VI's pontificate coincided with the intellectual assault of the Enlightenment and the gathering storm of revolutionary France, but the practical problem he faced in the Papal States was far more mundane: a chronic shortage of small copper coinage that made everyday commerce genuinely difficult. This half-baiocco series was part of a broader monetary reform effort spanning his remarkably long reign of nearly a quarter century — one of the longest of any pope.
The oval shield reverse is a minor but consistent diagnostic for distinguishing this type from related issues under the same pontificate. Berman documents die variations across the emission years that can shift collector value considerably.