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50 Lire - Ioannes Paulus II Eve's Creation
| Issuer | Vatican City State |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| In circulation to | 1 March 2002 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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John Paul II's pontificate generated an unusually prolific coinage program, with annual proof and circulation sets issued each year from 1979 onward — each set tied to a specific year of his reign and carrying distinct reverse designs rather than repeating types. The 1988 issue falls in his tenth pontifical year, a designation that appears in the coin's dating convention and distinguishes it from otherwise similar issues.
Acmonital — a chromium-steel alloy developed in Italy — was adopted by the Italian Republic for its own 50 and 100 Lire pieces decades earlier, and Vatican coinage followed suit, sharing both the alloy and the planchet supply chain with the Italian state mint.