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1 Grano - Emmanuel de Rohan
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights of St. John) |
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| Year | 1776 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan-Pölzl, displaying the characteristic lozengy field of the de Rohan family coat of arms. The shield is set within the field with a beaded inner border. The surrounding legend reads F • EMMANVEL DE ROHAN M, abbreviated from Magister, identifying the Grand Master of the Order of Malta. |
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| Obverse lettering | F • EMMANVEL DE ROHAN M |
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Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc was elected Grand Master in 1775 and proved one of the Order's most capable administrators in its Maltese period, overseeing a new legal code and maintaining the island's defenses at considerable expense. The grano was the smallest denomination in circulation on Malta, and copper issues of this type saw heavy everyday use — which makes uncirculated survivors genuinely uncommon. De Rohan's tenure ended only with Napoleon's seizure of Malta in 1798, effectively terminating seven centuries of the Order's territorial rule.