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2 Euro - Benedictus XVI (26th World Youth Day)
Country: Vatican City
Denomination: 2 Euro
2 EUR = 2.32 USD
Year: 2011
Material: Bi-Metallic Nickel-brass clad Nickel center in Copper-nickel ring
Weight: 8.5 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 25.75 mm
Type: Non circulating coin
Catalog list: vatican city
Description:
Obverse
The inner part of the coin features a number of young people and flags, together with the mintmark “R” and the year “2011”, surrounded, along the upper edge, by the Roman numerals “XXVI” and the letters “G.M.G.”, the abbreviation of Giornata Mondiale della Gioventù (World Youth Day), and by the name of the issuing country “CITTA’ DEL VATICANO” along the lower edge. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.
Reverse
A map, next to the facial value, shows the European continent without borders.
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