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Value: €5 Alloy: Ag. 925/1000 Quantity: 13,440 Quality: unknown Issued: 30.06.2005 Diameter: 32 mm Weight: 18 g Issue Price: €50 John Paul II died in 2005 thus the papal see post became vacant. During this period the Vatican City issued this commemorative coin. 60th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War Designer: Orietta Rossi Mint ...
Following the death of Pope John Paul II in April 2005, Vatican City issued special coins during the period of Sede vacante depicting the emblem of the Apostolic Chamber (i.e. two crossed keys beneath an umbraculum, or umbrella) and the coat of arms of the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, at the time Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo.
Commemorative Series [15] Value Dimensions Main colour Description Number issued Date of issue Obverse Reverse Watermark 50 zł 144 x 72 mm Blue, yellow Pope John Paul II, Polish coat of arms: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, a quotation from Letter to Poles, Jasna Góra Monastery and church Papal arms of John Paul II: 2,000,000 October 16, 2006 10 ...
Market value: 110 zł [2] Obverse:A half-figure of Pope John Paul II. On the left side an image of an Eagle as the State Emblem of the Republic of Poland. In the background a figure of Pope John Paul II. Above in a semicircle an inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA 2002* 10 ZŁ. Below in a semicircle an inscription: JAN PAWEŁ II.
Pope Paul II: 1417: 1471: Collected ancient coins, and had about a hundred gold and a thousand silver coins; "was able at a glance to tell where an ancient coin came from" [11] [12] Julius Pomponius Laetus: 1428: 1498 [11] Matthias Corvinus: 1443: 1490 [9] Lorenzo de' Medici: 1449: 1492: Purchased coins that had been in Pope Paul II's ...
Coins survive from the tenures of Pope Zacharias (741-752), of Gregory III (731-741) (Ficoroni, "Museo Kircheriano"), and possibly of Gregory II (715-731). These pieces, two of which are of silver, are believed to be true coins, and not medals like those distributed as "presbyterium" at the coronation of the popes since the time of Valentine (827).
Papal visit of Pope John Paul II: In 1981, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issued a commemorative banknote for the visit of Pope John Paul II in the Philippines. The overprint features his coat of arms and around it is "PAGDALAW NG PAPA JUAN PABLO II - PEB 17-22, 1981".
Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus II; Polish: Jan Paweł II; Italian: Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła, Polish: [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔjˈtɨwa]; [b] 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005. In his youth, Wojtyła dabbled in stage ...