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1 Grosso - Benedict XIV St. Paul
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of Saint Paul the Apostle facing left, rendered in high baroque relief with flowing long hair and beard. The figure is shown with characteristic artistic vigor, wearing a draped mantle. A dot punctuates the legend at lower left, with the inscription S PAVLVS APOS distributed around the upper and right periphery. The coin is bordered by a toothed milled rim. |
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| Mintage | ? |
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Benedict XIV (Prospero Lambertini) was elected in 1740 after a conclave that deadlocked for six months — one of the longest of the 18th century. He proved an unusually pragmatic pope, negotiating concordats with several Catholic powers and loosening certain ecclesiastical restrictions that his predecessors had held firm. The grosso denomination by his pontificate was largely a prestige issue rather than a workhorse of commerce, the silver coinage of the Papal States having been progressively displaced in everyday transactions by billon and copper.
Berman 2758 is among the scarcer of his silver types.