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5 Scudi - Gregorio XVI
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1835-1846 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Within a symmetrical wreath of laurel branches tied at the base with a ribbon bow, the denomination numeral '5' appears at the top of the field, followed beneath by the word 'SCVDI' in bold Roman lettering, and the date of issue at the bottom. The wreath is finely detailed with individually rendered leaves and berries, and the entire composition is enclosed within a beaded border. The design is clean and centrally balanced, with no exergual line, the date placed directly within the wreath. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Gregorio XVI came to the papal throne in 1831 amid open revolution in the Legations, and his reign never fully stabilized — French and Austrian troops intervened repeatedly to hold the temporal state together. The 5 Scudi gold issue reflects a papacy that was fiscally cautious and politically embattled, minting in gold while struggling to suppress both liberal insurgency and chronic budgetary shortfalls financed largely by foreign borrowing.
His successor Pius IX would abandon the scudo system entirely within years of taking office, making this the final pontificate to issue the 5 Scudi across a full multi-year run.