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5 Scudi - Emmanuel de Rohan
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights of St. John) |
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| Year | 1779 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped and armored bust of Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan, depicted with long flowing hair and elaborate pauldron ornamented with studs. The effigy is rendered in a refined late Baroque style with fine engraved detail on the cuirass. The circumscribed Latin legend reads F EMMANUEL DE ROHAN around the upper periphery, while a milled border frames the design. |
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| Mint | Valletta Mint, Malta |
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Emmanuel de Rohan-Pölâtre became Grand Master in 1775 and proved among the more capable administrators the Order had seen in decades, modernizing its legal code and founding what became the forerunner of the Maltese civil code. By 1779, the Order's sovereignty over Malta was increasingly nominal — French influence had been penetrating the island's finances and aristocratic factions for years, and within two decades Napoleon would simply land and demand the keys. This coin was struck against that backdrop of managed decline.
The .839 fineness reflects the Order's longstanding scudo gold standard, slightly below the 22-karat benchmark common elsewhere in Europe.