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50 Lire - Pavlvs VI
| Issuer | Vatican City |
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| Year | 1966 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of Pope Paul VI wearing the papal tiara (triregnum), rendered in a bold, expressive sculptural style characteristic of engraver Emilio Greco. The effigy is shown in high relief, with fine line engraving detailing the lappets of the tiara and the papal vestments at the shoulder. The encircling legend reads PAVLVS VI P.M. ANNO IV, with the engraver's signature E. GRECO MONASSI INC. inscribed in the lower right field. |
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| Obverse lettering | PAVLVS VI P.M. ANNO IV E. GRECO MONASSI INC. |
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Paul VI's pontificate coincided with the Second Vatican Council, which concluded in December 1965 — just months before this coin's issue year. The council's sweeping liturgical reforms generated enough institutional turbulence that even Vatican coinage designs came under review during this period, as the Papal State reconsidered the imagery appropriate for a modernizing Church.
Vatican mint output remains tightly controlled by annual series, with issues tied to the regnal year of the reigning pope rather than a calendar fiscal cycle. This piece falls in Paul VI's Anno IV series.