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25 Euro - Franciscus Christmas 2023, silver colored
| Issuer | Vatican City |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 35 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a vibrant full-color reproduction of a Renaissance-style Nativity scene occupying the central rectangular field, depicting the Virgin Mary in blue and red robes kneeling in adoration before the Christ Child, with Saint Joseph at right, an ox and donkey in attendance, and shepherds approaching from the left beneath a rustic stable roof with a dove above. The polychrome image is framed by an ornate silver border with scroll decoration at the corners. The legend CITTA' DEL VATICANO is inscribed across the upper portion of the field in two lines. Below the central scene, the denomination 25 EURO and the commemorative inscription NATALE MMXXIII are distributed across the lower margin in separate panels, with the Rome Mint mark R at right. |
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Issued under the pontificate of Francis, this piece belongs to Vatican City's annual Christmas collector series — a program that has run with near-mechanical regularity since the late 20th century and functions primarily as a revenue stream for the Holy See rather than circulating coinage. The 2023 issue marks the eleventh year of Francis's pontificate, a tenure longer than any pope since John Paul II.
KM#589 is struck in .925 silver at 35g, placing it in the heavier tier of Vatican collector issues. The series reliably sells out through the Ufficio Filatelico e Numismatico della Città del Vaticano, with secondary market premiums driven almost entirely by papal reign rather than mintage variation.