fme_1104344 - JOHN-PAUL II (Karol Wojtyla) Médaille, Pape Jean-Paul II
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Type : Médaille, Pape Jean-Paul II
Date: 2005
Quantity minted : 4900
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 925 ‰
Diameter : 37,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver ROUSSEAU Émile (1927-2010)
Weight : 25,03 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Traces de manipulation
Obverse
Obverse legend : IOHANNES PAVLVS II PONT. MAXIMVS.
Obverse description : Buste de Jean-Paul II à droite ; armes pontificales à gauche. Poinçon glaive timbré 925.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VATICANO - ANNO MMV.
Reverse description : Armes pontificales.
Commentary
Exemplaire sous capsule, frappe Belle Épreuve.
example under capsule, Beautiful Proof strike
example under capsule, Beautiful Proof strike
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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