20 Lire 1969 [Vatican]

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20 Lire 1969 [Vatican]
  • Country: Vatican
  • Shape: Round
  • Weight: 3.6 g
  • Mintage: 105000 pcs.
  • Metal: Bronze
  • Composition: Cu-Al-Ni
  • Denomination: 20 lire (lire)
  • Currency: Lira
  • Orientation: Coin alignment
  • Artist: C. Ruffini
  • Reference: KM# 112
  • Diameter: 21.25 mm
  • Thickness: 1.5 mm
  • Reverse
    At the top, the inscription 'L20' — '20 lire'. At the bottom — 'CITTA' DEL VATICANO', which translates from Italian as 'Vatican City'. In the central part of the reverse is a relief image of an angel. Beneath the feet is the personal mark of engraver C. Ruffini — 'C. RUFFINI MONASSI INC'.
  • Obverse
    On the left, the Latin inscription 'PAVLVS VI P. M.' — 'Paul VI, Pontifex Maximus'. On the left, the date 'ANNO VII MCMLXIX', which translates to 'year seven 1969' — the seventh year of the pope's reign. In the central part is a portrait of Pope Paul VI wearing a mitre.

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