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500 Lire - Ioannes Paulus II Sharing
| Issuer | Vatican City State |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Rome Mint (R) |
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By 1998, the Italian lira was entering its final years before euro conversion, and the Vatican — which maintains its own coinage under treaty with Italy — continued striking 500 lire bimetallic pieces on the same specifications Italy had used since introducing the format in 1982. This particular issue falls within John Paul II's long pontificate, a reign of over 26 years that generated an unusually large volume of numismatic output, making individual annual Vatican issues from this period collectible largely by series completionists rather than by scarcity.