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30 Baiocchi - Pier Francesco Galleffi Sede Vacante
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1830 |
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| Diameter | 26 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a displayed eagle with wings spread and head turned to the right, set against a large radiant glory of straight rays emanating from behind the bird and filling the field. The circular legend VENI LVMEN CORDIVM (Come, light of the hearts) arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination BAJ. 30 is inscribed in the lower field below the rays. The entire design is enclosed within a finely toothed border consistent with milled coinage of the period. |
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Sede Vacante coinage was struck under the authority of the Cardinal Camerlengo during the interregnum following a pope's death, before a successor was elected. In 1830, that office fell to Pier Francesco Galleffi, who administered the Church's temporal affairs after the death of Pius VIII in November of that year. The conclave that followed was notably brief — just over two weeks — producing Gregory XVI by December.
Galleffi himself had been a serious papal candidate at two prior conclaves. He never achieved the throne but struck coin in its name three times.