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2 Lire - Pavlvs VI FAO
| Issuer | Vatican City |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of Pope Paul VI occupying the central field, depicted bareheaded in papal vestments. The legend PAVLVS VI arcs along the upper left rim, with PONT. MAX. continuing along the upper right. The engravers' signatures PIRRONE and MONASSI INC. appear in small lettering along the lower field beneath the bust. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Issued as part of the Vatican's participation in the FAO "Freedom from Hunger" campaign, this piece was struck the same year Paul VI released Humanae Vitae — the encyclical that provoked one of the sharpest public controversies in modern Catholic history. The coin's agricultural theme sat awkwardly alongside a document condemning artificial contraception in populations where food scarcity and overpopulation were inseparable policy problems.
Aluminium Vatican issues of this period circulated minimally; most were absorbed immediately by collectors and never reached everyday use.