fme_580374 - JOHN-PAUL II (Karol Wojtyla) Médaille, visite en France de Jean-Paul II
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Price : 20.00 €
Type : Médaille, visite en France de Jean-Paul II
Date: 1980
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver ROUSSEAU Émile (1927-2010)
Weight : 6,49 g.
Edge : cannelée
Puncheon : Corne 1*
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Obverse
Obverse legend : . IOHANNES PAULUS II PONTIFEX MAXIMVS. - XVI. X. MCMLXXVIII.
Obverse description : Buste de Jean-Paul II à gauche en habit pontifical.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 19 - 80.
Reverse description : Armes pontificales.
Historical background
JOHN-PAUL II (Karol Wojtyla)
(since 10/16/1978)
John Paul II succeeded John Paul I who reigned for only one month between August 26 and September 28, 1978. The vacant seat (sede vacante) was filled by Cardinal Camerlengo Jean Villot between September 28 and October 16. On October 16, Karol Wojtyla, a Pole, the first foreign pope since 1523, takes the name of John Paul II.
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