2 Euros - Benedict XVI 26th World Youth Day
Features
| Issuer |
Vatican City
 |
|---|---|
| Pope |
Benedict XVI (Benedictus XVI) (2005-2013)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2011 |
| Value | 2 Euros 2 EUR = USD 2.32 |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring |
| Weight | 8.5 g |
| Diameter | 25.75 mm |
| Thickness | 2.2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 24658 |
| References | KM# 426 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
26th World Youth Day
Obverse
The inner part of the coin features a number of young people and flags, together with the mintmark “R” and the year “2011”, surrounded, along the upper edge, by the Roman numerals “XXVI” and the letters “G.M.G.”, the abbreviation of Giornata Mondiale della Gioventù (World Youth Day), and by the name of the issuing country “CITTA’ DEL VATICANO” along the lower edge. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
· XXVI G.M.G.
2011
R
O.ROSSI
CITTA' DEL VATICANO
Engraver: Orietta Rossi
Reverse
A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.
Script: Latin
Lettering: 2 EURO LL
Engraver: Luc Luycx
Edge
Finely ribbed with edge lettering: six times the sequence "2 * " alternately upright and inverted
Lettering: 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 *
© Mike Bentley
Mint
| R | Rome, Italy (476-date) |
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| 2011 R | 115 000 | $ 41 | 95% | ||||||||||||
| 2011 R | 8 000 | $ 52 | (fr) Enveloppe Philatélique 2011 | 6% | |||||||||||
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