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2 Euro Cent Benedict XV
| Issuer | Vatican City |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | BENEDETTO XV PONT. MAX |
| Reverse description | Large numeral '2' dominates the left field, with the inscription PROVA and CENT appearing to its right in the upper register. A detailed view of Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City is depicted in the central-right field. The date 2005 appears in the lower exergue, and twelve five-pointed stars are arranged around the inner border, evoking the standard Euro coinage design. |
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Benedict XV reigned from 1914 to 1922, spending virtually his entire pontificate navigating the catastrophe of World War I. He spent enormous personal and institutional funds on relief efforts and prisoner exchanges, reportedly exhausting the Vatican treasury in the process. His 2005 appearance on Vatican coinage is posthumous by over eight decades — the coin was issued during the sede vacante period following John Paul II's death in April 2005, before Benedict XVI's election, making pieces from this short interregnum among the lower-mintage Vatican euro issues.