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| Italian coins Bologna Republic Silver Scudo of 10 Paoli |
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| Silver scudo of the Bologna Republic |
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Reverse: Madonna and Child on clouds above city view.
Legend: PRAESIDIVM * ET * DECVS
Obverse: Crowned arms, between olive sprays, lion head above, date in exergue, legend around.
Legend: POPVLVS . ET - SENATVS . BON .
Exergue: P.10.1797
Mint Place: Bologna (B)
Denominations: Scudo of 10 Paoli
Reference: Davenport 1359, KM-339.
Diameter: 39 mm
Weight: 28.9 gram of Silver
The Roman scudo (plural: scudi romani) was the currency of the Papal States until 1866. It was subdivided into 100 baiocchi (singular: baiocco), each of 5 quattrini (singular: quattrino). Other denominations included the grosso of 5 baiocchi, the carlino of 7½ baiocchi, the giulio and paoli both of 10 baiocchi, the testone of 30 baiocchi and the doppia of 3 scudi.
Bolognese Republic
The Bolognese Republic was proclaimed in 1796 in the Central Italian city of Bologna.
It was a French client republic established when Papal authorities escaped from the city of Bologna on June 1796. It was annexed by the Cispadane Republic on 16 October 1796.
It was given the first Jacobin Constitution written in Italy. It had a government consisting of nine consuls and its head of state was the Presidente del Magistrato, i.e. Chief magistrate, a presiding office held for four months by one of the consuls.