Vatican 2 euros 2007 - Portrait of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI

Obverse of Vatican 2 euros 2007 - Portrait of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI

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Krause - Mishler KM# 382
Details Pope Benedict XVI is the 265th and reigning Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the head of the Catholic Church and, as such, Sovereign of the Vatican City State. He was elected on 19 April 2005 in a papal conclave, celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on 24 April 2005, and took possession of his cathedral, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, on 7 May 2005.
Specifications Diameter - 25.75mm Thickness - 2.2mm Weight - 8.5gr
Composition BiAlloy (Nk/Ng), ring Cupronickel (75% copper - 25% nickel clad on nickel core), center Nickel brass (75% copper - 20% zinc - 5% nickel)
Edge Combination of '2 EURO' and * repeated four times
Comments Designer: Sculptor, Daniela Longo - Engraver: Maria Carmela Colaneri

Legend: CITTA DEL VATICANO - Mintmarks: D.LONGO and M.C.C INC. (INC. is the Italian abbreviation for 'engraver')
Mintage 101,000 pieces

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