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30 Tarì - Emmanuel de Rohan
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights of St. John) |
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| Year | 1777 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan facing right, wearing a richly decorated cuirass with ornamental shoulder plates and lace cravat, with long flowing hair. The effigy is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the armor and facial features. The encircling Latin legend reads F. EMMANUEL DE ROHAN M.M.H.S.S., denoting his title as Grand Master of the Holy Hospitallers. The border is formed by a continuous inner rim of close-set denticles. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Emmanuel de Rohan-Pölzl was elected Grand Master in 1775 and proved one of the most administratively capable rulers the Order had seen in generations — he codified Maltese civil law in 1784 and maintained a functioning navy long after the Order's military relevance had faded. The 30 Tarì was the Order's principal large silver denomination, a heavy coin issued more for prestige and international trade settlement than for everyday commerce on the island.
By 1777 the Order's sovereignty over Malta was increasingly nominal; the Knights depended heavily on French support, which would evaporate entirely when Napoleon seized the island in 1798 without meaningful resistance.