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1 Doppia Sede Vacante
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1829 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Cardinal arms surmounted by the papal umbraculum (ombrellino) with crossed keys beneath, the shield displaying a rearing horse above a star on a horizontally lined field. The umbraculum is shown with its characteristic fringed canopy, and a dove with spread wings appears above in the upper field. The legend SEDE VACANTE and the Roman numeral date MDCCCXXIX flank the central device on left and right respectively, within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | SEDE VACANTE MDCCCXXIX. (Translation: Seat Vacant, year) |
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Struck during the interregnum following the death of Leo XII in February 1829, this doppia was produced under the authority of the College of Cardinals — the governing body that administers the Papal States between pontificates. The sede vacante coinage was a deliberate assertion of institutional continuity, minted specifically for the period before Pius VIII's election in March of that year, making the window of issue remarkably narrow.
The pontificate that followed lasted barely twenty months before Pius VIII also died, triggering another interregnum almost immediately.