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10 Dalasis 1992 Papal Visit
| Issuer | The Gambia |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Reverse description | A half-length figure of Pope John Paul II is depicted three-quarter facing, his right arm raised in a gesture of blessing, wearing pontifical vestments including a stole and cross pectoral. The figure is rendered in low relief against a plain field, conveying a sense of solemn authority. The curved legend PAPAL VISIT · FEBRUARY 1992 is inscribed along the upper periphery, framing the papal effigy. |
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| Reverse lettering | PAPAL VISIT · FEBRUARY 1992 |
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Pope John Paul II visited The Gambia in February 1992 as part of a broader African tour that also took him to Senegal, Guinea, and Sierra Leone — one of his many pastoral visits to sub-Saharan Africa during a pontificate defined, in part, by direct engagement with majority-Muslim nations. The Gambia is approximately 90% Muslim, making the visit diplomatically notable and the commemorative issue an unusual artifact of interfaith state relations.