The Paolo or Paulo was a

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coin; this name was given to the ''

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'' by 2 grossi when in 1540

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(hence its name) made it increase its silver content to 3.85 g. The first minting of Paul III bore the papal arms on the obverse and

St. Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

on the reverse. At the time of the arrival of the

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, a ''paolo'' was valued on the

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market with the value of 14 ''

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''. In Rome in the nineteenth century it was the popular name of the 10 '' baiocchi'' coin. The names of ''paolo'' and ''

'' remained in use in Rome until the pontificate of

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, even when these coins were no longer in circulation, to indicate the 10 baiocchi coin. The same name took coins from other Italian states. In the

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circulated the ''paolo'' of 8 '' crazie''.

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