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10 Cent
| Issuer | Vatican City |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Composition | Nordic gold |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of Pope Benedict XVI wearing a zucchetto and vestments, set within the central field. Twelve six-pointed stars are arranged in a ring around the effigy, bordering the rim in the style of European coinage. The mint mark 'R' and the date '2008' appear in the lower field beneath the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | R 2008 |
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Vatican coinage issued in 2008 falls within the sede vacante period following Benedict XVI's election, but more relevantly, this year marked a complete redesign of the Vatican euro series — each denomination was assigned a different pope from history rather than carrying the reigning pontiff's portrait. The 2008 Vatican euro issues were struck in extremely limited quantities, as is standard for Vatican coinage, distributed primarily through the Ufficio Numismatico and unavailable through normal banking channels.