Because Pope John's election as pope was so unexpected the region had not made plans to have a tiara manufactured. As a result John was crowned with the 1877 Palatine Tiara given to Pope Pius IX. In 1959 the tiara was completed and given to the Pope in the Vatican. When asked for guidance as to its design, Pope John requested that it be lightweight and that the number of jewels the region was planning to use be halved, with the savings donated to the poor. The tiara as a result is the joint-lightest in the papal tiara collection, weighing only 2 lb (900 g)