2021 numismatic program of Vatican

Last update 07/01/2021

The Numismatic Office of the Holy See announces the various upcoming numismatic issues for the year 2021. It is worth noting the issue of a copper coin with a face value of €20 after the €10 of 2020, the first issue of this type of coin in the Vatican since the changeover to the Euro.

 

March 2021

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silver 20 euro coin – year of Pope Francis MMXXI

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gold Coin of 50 euros- year of Pope François MMXXI

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20 euros copper coin BU – Art and Faith – Saint-Pierre

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May 2021

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 Euro Divisional set  (FDC)

5 euro coin – V Centenary of the death of Pope Leo X
FDC special set with a bimetallic coin

 

Mintage: 8 000  sets

Issuing Price: €59

 

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 Annual BU set 

Mintage: 37 000 sets

Issuing Price: €39

 

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Annual proof set with a silver medal

It contains 8 coins with 2021 yearmark and a 20 euro coin representing the prayer of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square to implore divine help against the COVID19 pandemic, in front of the crucifix of San Marcello, with the Holy Spirit.

Mintage: 4 500 sets

Issuing Price: €180

 

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Annual proof set with a gold medal

It contains 8 coins with 2021 yearmark and a €50 gold coin representing the themes of the pontificate of Francis, that is to say the respect of life on earth, plant and animal species.

 

 

 

Mintage:  799 sets

Issuing Price:  €1 250

 

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June 2021

 

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Coincard 2021 – 50 euro cents FDC

 

Version: Brilliant Uncirculated

Face Value: 50 Eurocent

Sculptor: Daniela Longo

Engraver: Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini

Dimensions: 85,5 x 54 mm

Mint: IPZS (Italy)

Mintage: 25 000 coincards

Issuing price: €4

 

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Bimetallic commemorative coin of €2
450th anniversary of the birth of Caravaggio

 

Michelangelo Merisi, born in 1571 and died in 1610, was called “il Caravaggio” after the small town in the province of Bergamo where he lived as a child. His painting is one of the highest expressions of art of all time, shocking and exciting.

To celebrate the 450th anniversary of his birth, the Vatican City State Mint has produced a two-euro coin with an engraving by the artist Chiara Principe. The image of the coin is that of the painting entitled “Boy with a Basket of Fruit”, a painting painted by Caravaggio in 1593 and exhibited at the Galleria Borghese in Rome.

 

The artist CHIARA PRINCIPE

 

Original drawing of CHIARA PRINCIPE

 

Plastilin model by the artist CHIARA PRINCIPE

 

Positive and negative plaster casts

 

Caravaggio painted this picture during his stay in Rome, after having worked as an apprentice in the studio of Simone Peterzano. Although it is one of the first works painted by Caravaggio, it is already extraordinary for its analytical precision and the sensitivity of the naturalistic notations with which it evokes the life of the fruit represented in the basket.

 

 

Face value: €2.

Designers: Chiara PRINCIPE and Uliana PERNAZZA

Mintage: 69,000 BU  and 9,300 proof coins

Weight: 8.5g

Diameter: 25,75mm

 

 

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Silver coin of 25 euros
450th anniversary of the birth of Caravaggio (painter)

 

 

 

Face value: €25

Metal: Silver

Fineness: 925/1000

Quality: Proof

Designer: Orietta ROSSI

Mintage: 1 300 coins 

 

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Bimetallic coin of 5 euros (proof)
V Centenary of the death of Pope Leo X

 

 

Face value: €5.

Metal: Copper and nickel

Quality: proof

Designer: Marco VENTURA

Mintage: 4 300 coins 

 

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10 euro gold coin – The Baptism – MMXXI

 

The sacrament of baptism is celebrated by the €10 gold coin, designed by artist Orietta Rossi.

The coin depicts Jesus at prayer, immersed in the waters of the Jordan River, as he receives holy water on his head. To his right is a dove, a Christian symbol of the Holy Spirit; three fish swim in the river, which have always been symbols of Jesus Christ.

Pope Francis reminds that “Baptism is the best gift we have received: it makes us belong to God and gives us the joy of salvation”.

 

Face value : €10

Fineness: Gold, 917/1000

Diameter : 13,85 mm –  weight : 3 g

Edge: festoons

Version: proof

Sculptor: Orietta Rossi – Engraver: Silvia Petrassi

Mintage: 2 400 coins

Mint: IPZS (Italy)

 

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100 euro gold coin
Apostolic Constitutions of the Second Vatican Council: Gaudium et Spes

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Gaudium et Spes is the fourth and final Apostolic Constitution of the Second Vatican Council celebrated with a €100 gold coin from Vatican City. In writing this Constitution, the Council Fathers drew the attention of the Church to the need to open a fruitful dialogue between the Church and the contemporary world.

In the Proemio we read: “The community is composed of men who, gathered in Christ, are guided by the Holy Spirit in their pilgrimage towards the Kingdom of the Father, and have received a message of salvation to propose to all”.

Artist Mariangela Crisciotti gave voice to the words of Gaudium et Spes by creating a meaningful image: a dove, with wings like an olive branch, spreads the seeds of hope and peace over a multitude of people with raised arms.

 

 

Nominal value: €100

Fineness: Gold, 917/1000

Diameter : 35 mm – Legal weight : 30 g

Edge: engraved, “MISERANDO ATQUE ELIGENDO + MMXXI

Quality: proof

Sculptor Mariangela Crisciotti – Engraver: Valerio De Seta

Mintage: 799 coins

Mint: IPZS (Italy)

 

October 2021

 

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Bimetallic coin of 2 euros
7th centenary of the death of Dante Alighieri

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Silver coin of 25 euros
VII Centenary of the death of Dante Alighieri

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5 euro silver coin
Saint Paul and saint Peter Association

 

 

Face value: €5

Metal: Silver

Fineness: 925/1000

Diameter: 32mm

Weight: 18g

Quality: Proof

Designer: Patrizio DANIELE

Mintage: 3,300 coins 

 

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10 euro silver coin
50th Anniversary of the SS.
Peter and Paul Association (proof)

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20 euros gold coin
Fourth centenary of the death of Pope Paul V

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50 euros gold coin
Third centenary of the death of Pope Clement XI

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Numismatic Volume VII
(divisional FDC 2021 – proof set – coin coincard)

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Envelope PNC
450th anniversary of the birth of Caravaggio

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November 2021

 

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Commemorative numismatics Volume V (2020)

Envelope PNC – 7th Centenary of the death of Dante Alighieri

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December 2021

 

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200 euro gold coin
The Archangels: Raphael

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20 euros copper coin (proof)
Art in Faith – Saint Peter

 

The Vatican City State will issue the second coin dedicated to the theme of Art and Faith, depicting the bronze statue of St. Peter in the Vatican, by Arnolfo di Cambio.

This statue is covered with the Papal Vestments on the occasion of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29 of each year and in the background is engraved the magnificent apsidal stained glass window of St. Peter’s Basilica,  artwork of Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

 

Numismatic quality: BU

Nominal value: 20€

Diameter: 32 mm

Weight: 15 g

Edge: rimed

Sculptor: Daniela Longo

Engraver: Claudia Momoni

Mintage: 26,500 coins

Mint: IPZS (italian mint)

Issuing Coin price: 20€

Coin price with case: 24,5€

 

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5 euro silver coin
75th anniversary of UNESCO (FS version with gold)

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10 euro silver coin
50th Anniversary of the SS. Peter and Paul Association
(proof version with gold)

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Sources: UFN Vatican – NUMISMAG.