Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1000 Lire - Ioannes Paulus II Closure of the Holy Door
| Issuer | Vatican City State |
|---|---|
| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1000 Lire (1000 VAL) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays the papal coat of arms of John Paul II at centre, featuring the tiara and crossed keys of St. Peter surmounting a shield, rendered in fine relief. The denomination L. 1000 appears in the lower field, with the Rome Mint mark R positioned directly below the coat of arms. The legend CITTA DEL VATICANO arcs along the upper periphery in bold Roman capitals. The overall design is clean and heraldically precise, with a plain inner circle framing the central device. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica is sealed with mortar at the close of every Jubilee Year and remains bricked shut until the next — a ritual last performed by John Paul II himself on January 6, 2001, closing the Great Jubilee of 2000. That Jubilee was the Pope's most ambitious undertaking of his later papacy, drawing an estimated 25 million pilgrims to Rome despite his visibly deteriorating health from Parkinson's disease.
Vatican silver issues of this year were struck by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome under the direction of the Governorate's numismatic office. The .835 fineness is a deliberate holdover from earlier Vatican coinage traditions rather than the .925 standard more common in contemporary world silver issues.