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10 Scudi - Pio IX
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1850-1856 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·ANNO·IV· (Translation: Pius IX, Greatest Bishop, year) |
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| Mintage | 1850 R - IV - 5,875 1850 R - V - 1856 R - XI - 2,483 |
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Pio IX authorized this gold denomination following his return to Rome in April 1850, after nearly two years of exile in Gaeta — a direct consequence of the 1848 revolution that briefly installed the Roman Republic under Mazzini. The resumption of papal coinage that year carried obvious political weight: the restored temporal authority needed hard currency as much as it needed French bayonets to enforce it.
KM#1125 spans six years of issue, with subtle die variations across the run that specialists track by the placement of the mint director's initials below the bust.