Vatican Commemorative coins

2 euros - The 26th World Youth Day - Madrid

World Youth Day is a youth-oriented Catholic Church event, initiated by Blessed Pope John Paul II in 1985. While the event itself celebrates the Catholic faith, the invitation to attend extends to all youth, regardless of religious convictions. It is ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	N/A
Other information	Legend: CITTA DEL VATICANO

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2011	115,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - The Year for Priests

The coin marks the Year for Priests, declared by Pope Benedict XVI for the period of 19 June 2009 to 19 June 2010 and concluding with an international gathering of priests with the pope. The inner part of the coin features a shepherd drawing a lamb from ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#420
Other information	Designer: Prof. Guido Veroi - Engraver: Luciana De Simoni Legend: ANNO SACERDOTALE - CITTA DEL VATICANO

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2010	115,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - International Year of Astronomy

The International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009) is a year-long celebration of astronomy, taking place in 2009 to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope by Galileo Galilei and the publication ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#410
Other information	Designer: Orietta Rossi - Engraver: Maria Carmela Colaneri Legend: ANNO INTERNAZIONALE DELL´ASTRONOMIA - CITTÀ DEL VATICANO

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2009	106,084 pieces	-	View

2 euros - Year of Saint Paul the Apostle

Paul the apostle was, together with Saint Peter and James the Just, the most notable of early Christian missionaries. Unlike the Twelve Apostles, there is no indication that Paul ever met Jesus before the latter's crucifixion. The coin depicts the conversion ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#404
Other information	Designer: Prof. Guido Veroi - Engraver: Luciana De Simoni Legend: ANNO SANCTO PAULO DICATO - CITTÀ DEL VATICANO

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2008	91,084 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 80th birthday of His Holiness Benedictus XVI

Pope Benedict XVI was born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on 16 April 1927. He is the 265th and reigning Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and, as such, Sovereign of the Vatican City State. The inner part ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#399
Other information	Designer: Daniela Longo - Engraver: Maria Carmela Colaneri Legend: 'BENEDICTI XVI P.M. AETATIS ANNO LXXX - CITTÁ DEL VATICANO

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2007	85,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 5th Centenary of the Swiss Pontifical Guard

Swiss Guards is the name given to those Swiss soldiers who have served as bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and palace guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century. The Papal Swiss Guard in the Vatican was founded in 1506 and is the only ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#394
Other information	Designer: Orietta Rossi - Engraver: Maria Carmela Colaneri Legend: GUARDIA SVIZZERA PONTIFICIA - CITTA DEL VATICANO

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2006	100,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 20th World Youth Day - Cologne

The 20th World Youth Day 2005 (Weltjugendtag Koln) was a Catholic youth festival that started on August 16 and continued until August 21, 2005 in Cologne, Germany. It was the first World Youth Day and foreign trip of Pope Benedict XVI, who joined the ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	N/A
Other information	Legend: CITTA DEL VATICANO - XX GIORNATA MONDIALE DELLA GIOVENTU

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2005	100,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 75th Foundation Anniversary

Negotiations for the settlement of the Roman Question began in 1926 between the government of Italy and the Holy See, and in 1929 they culminated in the agreements of the three Lateran Accords, signed for King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy by Prime Minister ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#358
Other information	Designer: Prof. Guido Veroi - Engraver: Luciana De Simoni Legend: 75o ANNO DELLO STATO - CITTA DEL VATICANO

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2004	85,000 pieces	-	View