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10 Scudi - Manuel Pinto de Fonseca

Issuer Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Year 1756-1761
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Value 10 Scudi
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Obverse description Central device features the quartered heraldic shield of Grand Master Manuel Pinto de Fonseca, combining the arms of the Order of St. John — displaying the white eight-pointed cross on a field — with the personal arms of the Pinto family, incorporating bezants and diagonal bars. The escutcheon is surmounted by a grand master's crown and flanked by elaborate baroque mantling. The encircling Latin legend, interrupted by the date 1756, reads F·EMMANVEL PINTO·M·M·H·S·S·1756, identifying the grand master and his office.
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