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2 Baiocchi - Pius VI
| Issuer | Foligno (Papal States) |
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| Year | 1794-1795 |
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| Currency | Scudo (1534-1835) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a bold three-line inscription DVE / BAIOCCHI / DI / FVLIGNO in large raised Roman capitals occupying the central field, denoting the denomination and place of mintage. The legend is enclosed within a finely engraved laurel wreath tied at the base, with the branches extending symmetrically on either side. A milled border frames the entire design, consistent with the obverse treatment. The plain, uncluttered field around the inscription gives the reverse a dignified typographic character typical of Papal States provincial copper issues of the late eighteenth century. |
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Foligno held provisional mint rights under Papal authority during a period when Rome was scrambling to supply copper coinage to the provinces. By the mid-1790s, the Papal States were financially strained by the indemnities extracted after French military pressure, and peripheral mints like Foligno were pressed into service to fill circulation gaps that Rome could not cover alone. Pius VI would be taken prisoner by French forces in 1798 and die in Valence the following year — this issue dates from the last window of stable Papal minting authority before that collapse.