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1/2 Grosso - Innocent XI NOCET MINVS, no date
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1685-1688 |
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| Currency | Scudo (1534-1835) |
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| Reverse description | The two-word Latin motto NOCET MINVS ('it harms less') inscribed in two lines within an elaborate baroque cartouche adorned with bold foliate and scroll ornaments above and below. The design is entirely typographic, with the inscription rendered in large capital letters filling the central field, framed by the reeded outer border. |
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| Reverse lettering | NOCET MINVS |
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Innocent XI — Benedetto Odescalchi — was elected in 1676 after two inconclusive concelaves and immediately set about reforming Vatican finances, cutting court expenditures and redirecting papal revenue toward the defense of Europe against Ottoman expansion. He bankrolled the Holy League that produced the relief of Vienna in 1683, a military commitment so financially draining that his small silver coinage was issued with tight controls on silver content and weight throughout the mid-1680s.
The undated nature of this emission across the 1685–1688 span was deliberate practice at the Rome mint for subsidiary denominations, not an oversight.