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In 2013, the Central Bank of Malta issued a numismatic coin in gold commemorating the picciolo. The obverse of the coin shows the emblem of Malta with the year of issue 2013. The reverse features a representation of a picciolo bearing the coat-of-arms of Grand Master Jean de Vallete.
The picciolo was a small copper coin minted in Malta during the time of the Order of St John. The coin had a diameter of 14 mm and weighed less than 1 gram, and normally depicted the arms of the reigning Grand Master on one side and the eight-pointed cross of the Order of St John on the other side.
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