{"product_id":"r383","title":"Papal States 1751 Benedict XIV 1 Baiocco (DOD)","description":"Papal States 1751 Benedict XIV 1 Baiocco (DOD)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBritish writer and antiquarian Horace Walpole described Benedict XIV as \"loved by papists, esteemed by Protestants, a priest without insolence or interest, a prince without favourites, a pope without nepotism, an author without vanity, a man whom neither intellect nor power could corrupt.\" Tall praise -- but Benedict was indeed an unusually scholarly pope for whom scientific study and pursuit of the arts were worthy pursuits. Benedict founded the Sacred and Profane Museums, which became the basis of the Vatican Museums. Keenly intelligent, humble, and, by all accounts, kind of a fun guy -- he had a sense of humour, liked to gamble, and swore too much -- Benedict is remembered as a driving force of the Italian Enlightenment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis copper coin displays the Papal Arms on the obverse. \"Gubbio,\" on the reverse, refers to an Italian town in Umbria that was added to the Papal States in 1631.","brand":"Colonial Acres Coins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53373590536481,"sku":"Sept.DOD-R383","price":98.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/1744\/7457\/files\/R383.jpg?v=1787756829","url":"https:\/\/www.colonialacres.com\/products\/r383","provider":"Colonial Acres Coins","version":"1.0","type":"link"}