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50 Lire - Ioannes XXIII
| Issuer | Vatican City State |
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| Year | 1959-1962 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of Spes (Hope), personified as a draped female figure seen from behind, robed in a long classical gown with flowing hair, her left arm extended outward and her right hand grasping a tall anchor, the traditional attribute of Hope. The denomination L.50 appears to the right of the central figure, and the mint year is inscribed to the lower left. The circumferential legend CITTA DEL VATICANO arcs across the upper field, while the word SPES appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Mint | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome |
| Mintage | 1959 - (fr) An.I - KM#63.1 - 100,000 1960 - (fr) An.II - KM#63.2 - 100,000 1961 - (fr) An.III - KM#63.2 - 100,000 1962 - (fr) An.IV - KM#63.2 - 100,000 |
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