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1 Scudo - Angelo
| Issuer | Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Value | 1 Scudo |
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| Obverse lettering | FR.ANGELVS.DE.MOJANA.M.M.H.H. 1972 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Sovereign Military Order of Malta occupies a peculiar position in numismatics — a sovereign entity without territory, issuing coins that are legal tender for a jurisdiction measured in acres within Rome. The 1972 scudo series was produced for collectors rather than circulation, part of a deliberate strategy the Order adopted in the postwar decades to fund charitable operations through philatelic and numismatic programs.
The Angelo denomination takes its name from the gold angel coins of medieval issue, a lineage the Order invoked consciously to connect its modern coinage to its centuries of monetary history in Rhodes and Malta.