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200 Lire - Ioannes Paulus II Forgiveness and Prayer Day
| Issuer | Vatican City State |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#327 |
| Obverse description | The obverse depicts Pope John Paul II kneeling in prayer before a large Crucifix, rendered in a detailed engraved style by Laura Bedetti. The figure of the Pope is shown in a humble, devotional posture, wearing pontifical vestments, with the corpus of Christ on the cross rising prominently behind him. A circular legend surrounds the design along the rim, with two dot separators flanking the lower text. The inscription references the pontificate year and the Jubilee year 2000, reflecting the coin's commemorative theme of forgiveness and prayer. |
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| Obverse lettering | IOANNES PAVLVS II P.M. A.XXII - AN. IVB. MM · (Translation: John Paul II The Greatest Priest Year 22 - Year of Jubilee 2000) |
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Issued for the Jubilee Year 2000, this piece commemorates John Paul II's landmark public act of repentance on March 12th of that year, during which he formally asked forgiveness on behalf of the Church for sins committed by Catholics across twenty centuries — the most sweeping papal apology in history. The ceremony, held at St. Peter's Basilica, was televised globally and remains theologically controversial in some quarters for its implied institutional accountability.
KM#327 is one of several Vatican 200 Lire pieces struck that year for the Jubilee series, each tied to a specific devotional theme.