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10 Lire - Ioannes Paulus II Bees Industriousness
| Issuer | Vatican City State |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#236 |
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| Reverse description | A honeybee is depicted in fine detail perched at the centre of a large, fully open flower with elongated petals radiating outward, symbolising industriousness. To the right of the floral motif, a bare branching twig extends toward the rim, creating a naturalistic contrast between the blooming flower and the leafless branch. The denomination 'L. 10' is inscribed in bold characters along the lower portion of the field. The legend 'CITTA DEL VATICANO' arcs along the upper periphery, and the mint mark 'R' for the Rome Mint appears in small letters at the lower left of the central device. |
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| Reverse lettering | CITTA` DEL VATICANO R L.10 (Translation: Vatican City) |
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The 1992 Vatican coin series was issued under the theme "Family in the Modern World," a program tied directly to John Paul II's ongoing catechetical emphasis on the domestic church as a social unit. That year's full set drew from themes he had developed in his 1981 apostolic exhortation Familiaris Consortio. The aluminium 10 Lire denomination had been essentially ceremonial for years by this point — Italian inflation had rendered it nearly valueless in daily commerce, and Vatican issues were understood by all parties to be collector pieces rather than circulating currency.