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500 Lire - Pivs XII
| Issuer | Vatican City |
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| Year | 1958 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of Pope Pius XII in high relief, depicted wearing the papal mozzetta with elaborately engraved lace detailing. The legend PIUS·XII·PONT·MAX arcs along the upper periphery, while the regnal year AN·XX appears in the lower field. The portrait is rendered in a refined neoclassical style characteristic of mid-twentieth century Vatican coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Pius XII died on October 9, 1958, making this the final year of issue for his coinage series — struck while he was still alive but circulated into a pontificate that was already ending. The sede vacante that followed produced its own brief coinage, which means 1958 is a transitional moment in Vatican numismatics compressed into a single calendar year.