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½ Grosso - Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Sede Vacante
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1691 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A dove in flight, symbolizing the Holy Spirit and the interregnum of the Apostolic See, depicted rising or in motion at the centre of the field with rays of divine light emanating around it. The Latin motto legend encircles the field, with the mint name ROMA appearing in the lower exergual area. A beaded border frames the design on the inner rim. |
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Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni served as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church during the vacancy following the death of Alexander VIII in February 1691, giving him authority to issue coinage in the interregnum period before Innocent XII's election in July. The Sede Vacante issues of this vacancy are among the more documented of the late seventeenth century, owing partly to the nearly five-month conclave — one of the longer of the period — which gave the mint sufficient time to produce a reasonably complete range of denominations.