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10 Scudi - Angelo
| Issuer | Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
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| Year | 1965-1966 |
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| Weight | 8 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1965 - Proof - 1,000 1966 - Proof |
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The Sovereign Military Order of Malta occupies a unique position in numismatics — a non-territorial sovereign entity issuing coins with no domestic circulation base whatsoever. These pieces were produced for collectors and diplomatic purposes, struck under an arrangement with the Italian government that recognizes the Order's sovereignty despite its headquarters occupying a single palazzo in Rome. The 1965–1966 issues were among the earliest of the Order's modern coinage program, which was formally revived in the 1960s after centuries of dormancy following the loss of Malta to Napoleon in 1798.
Fr#7 alignment places this squarely in the foundational layer of that revival series.