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10 Scudi - Andrew Bertie
| Issuer | Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | FR ANDREAS BERTIE M M H H |
| Reverse description | The severed head of Saint John the Baptist, patron saint of the Order, depicted with long flowing hair and beard, resting upon a broad oval platter presented in three-quarter view. The circumferential Latin legend S IOAN BAPT ORA PRO NOBIS arcs around the upper field, while the date 1989 and denomination 10 SCVDI are inscribed in the lower exergual area, flanked by small decorative star stops. |
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Andrew Bertie, elected Grand Master in 1988, was the first Briton to hold the position in the Order's modern history and a direct descendant of Mary Queen of Scots. The 1989 gold issues appeared early in his tenure, which would run until his death in 2008 — the longest Grand Mastership of the twentieth century.
The Order has issued no legal tender since losing Malta to Napoleon in 1798. These gold scudi exist purely as numismatic issues, struck under the Order's sovereign authority recognized by over a hundred states despite its lack of territorial governance.