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2 Carlini - Benedict XIV
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1749-1752 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | DVE CARLINI ROMANI 1752 |
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Benedict XIV — born Prospero Lambertini — was among the most intellectually distinguished men to hold the papacy in the eighteenth century, corresponding with Voltaire and pushing through a serious reform of the Church's canonization process. His fiscal administration was considerably less celebrated. The Papal States ran chronic deficits through his pontificate, and the coinage of this period reflects a treasury under sustained pressure rather than confident sovereign minting.
The .2 variety distinction in KM#1164.2 separates this issue from an earlier emission by subtle die differences documented in Muntoni.