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10 Euro Cent Pius XII
| Issuer | Vatican City |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '10' dominates the right side of the field, with the word CENT inscribed below it. To the left, a detailed view of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City is depicted in low relief, its famous dome and colonnade rendered in fine detail. The inscription PROVA and the year 2005 appear beneath the basilica to the lower left. Twelve five-pointed stars of the European Union border the entire design along the outer rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Issued in the sede vacante year following John Paul II's death in April 2005, Vatican coinage that year bore the arms of the Camerlengo rather than a reigning pope — making this Pius XII piece an anomaly worth examining more closely. Pius XII died in 1958; his appearance here is archival, part of a retrospective series honoring past pontiffs rather than a contemporary reign issue.