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2 Euros - Ioannes Paulus II
| Issuer | Vatican City State |
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| Year | 2002-2005 |
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| Value | 2 Euros |
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| Obverse lettering | GV ⠂UP INC. CITTA` DEL VATICANO R 2004 |
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| Edge | Reeded with lettered inscription: six repetitions of the sequence 2 * |
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John Paul II's Vatican euro coinage was never intended for circulation — the Holy See joined the eurozone through a monetary agreement with Italy, but Vatican coins are produced exclusively as collector sets and never released into general circulation. The 2002–2005 span corresponds to the Pope's final years, a period of severe physical decline from Parkinson's disease; he died in April 2005, making this the last regular Vatican euro type struck under his pontificate before the sede vacante issues that followed.