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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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).
Plaque commemorating the popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica (their names in Latin and the year of their burial). This chronological list of popes of the Catholic Church corresponds to that given in the Annuario Pontificio under the heading "I Sommi Pontefici Romani" (The Roman Supreme Pontiffs), excluding those that are explicitly indicated as antipopes.
But Pope John Paul II, who followed in 1978, picked up where Paul VI left off and by the time of his death in 2005, was the most traveled pope in history; a title he holds to this day.
Keenly aware of the rhythms of time and the importance of anniversaries in the Catholic Church's life, John Paul II led nine "dedicated years" during the twenty-six and a half years of his pontificate: the Holy Year of the Redemption in 1983–84, the Marian Year in 1987–88, the Year of the Family in 1993–94, the three Trinitarian years of ...