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20 Lire - Pavlvs VI FAO
| Issuer | Vatican City State |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Pope Paul VI facing right, wearing papal vestments and skullcap, with the legend arching around the periphery. The effigy is rendered in a restrained, classical style. The inscription reads PAVLVS VI PONT.MAX.A.VI in incuse lettering, denoting his pontifical title and sixth year of reign. |
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| Obverse lettering | PAVLVS VI PONT.MAX.A.VI |
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Issued as part of the Vatican's participation in the FAO's Freedom from Hunger campaign, this coin belongs to a broader series coordinated globally in 1968 to promote agricultural development in impoverished nations. The Vatican's involvement was consistent with Paul VI's encyclical Populorum Progressio, published the previous year, which argued that development — particularly food security — was a moral obligation of wealthier nations toward poorer ones. Few sovereign issuers tied their FAO coinage so directly to an active doctrinal position.