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10 Euro – Franciscus Pope Benedict XVI.
| Issuer | Vatican City |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | FRANCISCVS P.M. ANNO XI MMXXIII IHS MISERANDO ATQUE ELIGENDO D. LONGO INC. V. DE SETA |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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Issued in the year following Benedict XVI's death in December 2022, this coin memorializes a pontificate defined by theological controversy and an exit without precedent in nearly six centuries. Benedict's 2013 resignation — the first by a sitting pope since Gregory XII in 1415 — created the unusual situation of two living popes simultaneously resident within Vatican walls, a circumstance that generated immediate questions about the nature of papal authority that canon lawyers are still parsing.
The Vatican's annual numismatic program under Francis has consistently honored his predecessor, and KM#585 falls within that commemorative sequence.