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10 Cent
| Issuer | Vatican City |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Diameter | 20.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | A dove of peace in flight is depicted at center, wings spread wide, superimposed over a radiant sun emitting long rays across the field. A border of twelve five-pointed stars encircles the design, evoking the European motif. The Latin legend CIVITAS VATICANA is inscribed along the lower periphery in raised relief. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Vatican coinage in 2012 was issued under the sede vacante provisions following no papal death — Benedict XVI was still reigning — making this a straightforward annual issue rather than the rarer interregnum type that collectors specifically target. The Vatican Governorate contracts production entirely to the Italian State Mint in Rome, and annual sets from this period were struck in tightly controlled quantities sold directly through the Vatican philatelic and numismatic office, with virtually none entering general circulation.