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1 Scudo - Angelo De Mojana

Issuer Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Year 1976
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Shape Round
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Reverse description The Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) stands facing right in the central field, depicted with a nimbus and bearing a staff topped with a cross and a banner. The denomination '1 SCVDO' is inscribed on a raised baseline beneath the lamb. A continuous Latin legend encircles the design, divided by a small eight-pointed star at upper right. A small mintmaster's mark appears at lower left in the field.
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Edge Reeded
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The Sovereign Military Order of Malta occupies a peculiar position in numismatics — a non-territorial sovereign entity issuing legal tender accepted nowhere in ordinary commerce. These scudi were produced for collector sale, generating revenue for the Order's humanitarian operations. De Mojana di Cologna served as 77th Grand Master from 1962 until his death in 1988, the longest tenure in the modern Order's history.

The .986 fineness is unusually high — finer than sterling — a deliberate choice to underscore the issue's prestige rather than any minting tradition.

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