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50 Cent
| Issuer | Vatican City |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of Pope Benedict XVI wearing a zucchetto and clerical vestments, rendered in high relief against a flat field. A ring of twelve five-pointed stars frames the effigy around the upper periphery. The legend CIVITAS VATICANA is inscribed along the lower rim in raised Latin characters. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The 2009 Vatican 50 cent belongs to the series issued under Benedict XVI following the 2002 euro adoption, minted at the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome. Vatican euro coins are produced in strictly limited quantities for collectors rather than general circulation — the city-state has no retail economy requiring coinage — which means virtually every surviving example has never passed through a single transaction.
Annual Vatican sets are released in sealed packaging and sell out rapidly through the philatelic and numismatic office, keeping genuine circulated examples essentially nonexistent.