Catalog
2 Scudi - Festing
| Issuer | Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | FR. MATTHAEUS FESTING M.M.H.H. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Sovereign Military Order of Malta occupies a peculiar position in numismatics: it issues coins as a sovereign entity despite controlling no territory, its "sovereignty" resting on a legal fiction recognized by roughly 110 states. Matthew Festing served as 79th Prince and Grand Master from 2008 until his forced resignation in 2017 — a rare instance of a sitting Grand Master being compelled to step down by papal intervention, the first in the Order's modern history.