Colombia convened the 39th International Eucharistic Congress in Bogotá in August 1968, the first time the Congress had been held in South America. Pope Paul VI attended in person — the first papal visit to Latin America — arriving just weeks after he had issued Humanae Vitae, which made his reception there politically charged from the outset.
The coin was struck expressly as a commemorative for the event, not for general circulation.
Colombia convened the 39th International Eucharistic Congress in Bogotá in August 1968, the first time the Congress had been held in South America. Pope Paul VI attended in person — the first papal visit to Latin America — arriving just weeks after he had issued Humanae Vitae, which made his reception there politically charged from the outset.
The coin was struck expressly as a commemorative for the event, not for general circulation.