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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 26713071, member: 24091&quot;][ATTACH=full]1705554[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1705555[/ATTACH] From the Stack&#039;s NYINC sale.&nbsp; Just picked it up at the Long Beach Expo.&nbsp; 1807 Papal States, Doppia.&nbsp; Slight weakness in strike, but with plenty of luster.&nbsp;&nbsp; Late die stage with plenty of cracks evident in the fields.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pius VII was the last Pope with any significant political power outside the church itself.&nbsp; He had Napoleon Bonaparte excommunicated in 1809 over his invasion of the Papal States.&nbsp; He was arrested and sent to prison in France, returning in 1814 once Napoleon was exiled to Elba, and seving as pope until his death in 1823.&nbsp;&nbsp; In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI began the beatification process, and Pius VII was granted the title &quot;Servant of God&quot;, though he has not yet been declared a saint. </p><p><br /></p><p>Vastly more scarce than later 20 Lire Papal coins struck in the 1860s, though the distinction doesn&#039;t affect the price much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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