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Papal States, Quadrupla Scudo d'Oro (1689) depicting Pope Alexander VIII

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Original – Papal States, Quadruple Scudo d'Oro (1689), depicting Pope Alexander VIII (obv) and Saints Peter and Paul (rev). The initials on the obverse lower edge (ATF) belong to the coin’s engraver, Antonio Travani.

Reason

High quality image, high EV, rare in this very high condition. Struck during the last three months of 1689, Alexander VIII was only Pope for roughly 15 months until his death in 1691. Second nomination, the first nomination was unopposed but fell one short of passing.

Articles in which these images appear

Pope Alexander VIII, Italian scudo

FP category for this image

Currency

Creator

Papal States (coin), National Numismatic Collection (image).

• Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 19:42, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
• Support as last time. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:24, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
• Support – haven't changed my opinion since the previous nomination. SagaciousPhil - Chat 16:08, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
• Support – Amazingly preserved if this was actually minted in 1689. EV for Papal States. Sca (talk) 20:45, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
• Support – Yann (talk) 08:33, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
• Support - DreamSparrow ^talk 16:57, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Italy Papal States 1689-I Quadrupla Scudo d'Oro.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:44, 25 June 2015 (UTC)