- Description
- Specifications
| ID Number: | MC10-0203 |
| Description: | 1 Soldo (5 Centesimi) |
| Country or State: | Papal State (Stato Pontificio) |
| Year: | 1866, (Year: XXI) |
| Head of State/Ruler: | Pope: Pius IX (Full Name: Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti) |
| Reign: | Papacy: 16 June 1846 - 7 February 1878 (31 years, 236 days) |
| Currency: | Soldo |
| Obverse: | Bust of Pope Pius IX facing left within beaded circle, surrounded by denomination |
| Obverse Legend: | PIVS · IX · PONT · MAX · ANN · XXI, *1866* |
| Reverse: | Value within beaded circle above mint mark, surrounded by denomination |
| Reverse Legend: | STATO PONTIFICIO, 1 SOLDO, R, 5 CENT |
| Edge: | Plain |
| Note: | Small Head |
| Orientation: | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Mint Mark: | R (Rome) |
| Engraver: | Carl Friedrich Voigt |
| Composition: | Copper 96% (Cu) |
| Diameter: | 26.0 mm |
| Thickness: | 1.0 mm |
| Weight: | 5.00 grams |
| Mintage: | 1,280,000 |
| Catalog Number: | KM# 1372.1; Gigante: 325; Pagani: 601 |
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Pope Pius IX was the elected Pope in the history of the Catholic Church, serving from 16 June 1846 until his death, a period of nearly 32 years. During his pontificate, he convened the First Vatican Council in 1869, which decreed papal infallibility. The Pope defined the of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, meaning that Mary was conceived without original sin. Pius IX also granted the Marian title of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, a famous Byzantine icon from Crete entrusted to the priests. In addition to this, Pius IX was also the last Pope to rule as the Sovereign of the Papal States, which fell completely to Italian nationalist armies by 1870 and were incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy. He was in 2000. |
