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10 Euros - Franciscus Baptism
| Issuer | Vatican City State |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#488 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Pope Francis wearing a zucchetto, set within a polished inner field against a frosted border. The engraver's signature NAPOLIONE INC. U. appears beneath the truncation. The circular legend reads FRANCISCVS PP. AN. IVBILAEI MISERICORDIAE, with the date MMXVI inscribed in the lower arc, all in Latin capitals. |
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| Obverse lettering | FRANCISCVS PP. AN. IVBILAEI MISERICORDIAE MMXVI |
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Issued the same year Pope Francis revised the rite of baptism for children — clarifying that mothers still recovering from childbirth may attend even in a disheveled state — this piece belongs to a broader Vatican commemorative program that increasingly tied annual gold issues to Francis's specific theological and pastoral priorities rather than the liturgical calendar alone. The shift was deliberate: Francis had publicly criticized the Church's sacramental bureaucracy, and these coins functioned partly as doctrinal messaging in miniature.
KM#488 was struck at the Italian State Mint (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato) in Rome under the standard Vatican proof authorization.