fjt_560668 - JOHN-PAUL II (Karol Wojtyla) Médaille module 20 Francs or, visite en France de Jean-Paul II 1980
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Price : 260.00 €
Type : Médaille module 20 Francs or, visite en France de Jean-Paul II
Date: 1980
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 999 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,45 g.
Edge : cannelée
Obverse
Obverse legend : . IOHANNES PAULUS II - PONT. MAXIMUS.
Obverse description : Buste de Jean-Paul II à droite en habit pontifical; signé E. ROUSSEAU au-dessous.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PARIS - 1980 - LISIEUX/ + ANNO MCMLXXX +: AU 6,45 G. - 999.9/1000/ I PUR.
Reverse translation : 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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