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10 000 Lire - Ioannes Paulus II Pentecost
| Issuer | Vatican City State |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Value | 10 000 Lire (10 000 VAL) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Depiction of the Pentecost scene showing the Virgin Mary seated centrally among the assembled Apostles, with tongues of fire descending upon each figure symbolising the descent of the Holy Spirit. The figures are arranged in a semicircular composition with expressive drapery rendered in fine detail. The denomination L.10000 and mint year 1999 appear in the lower field, while the curved legend CITTA DEL VATICANO VERSO L'ANNO SANTO DEL 2000 arcs around the upper periphery, and the mint mark R is present in the field. |
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The 1999 Vatican silver series fell during the final preparations for the Great Jubilee of 2000, an event John Paul II had spent the better part of a decade planning and that shaped nearly every curial and numismatic decision of the late pontificate. The Pentecost subject here places this issue within a deliberate liturgical sequence the Vatican mint ran across multiple denominations that year, each tied to a specific mystery of the faith as a countdown to the Jubilee year.
KM#303 is occasionally found with uneven toning along the rim — a known characteristic of the .835 alloy blanks sourced during this period, not a post-mint issue.