2 Euros - Benedictus XVI 20th World Youth Day, Vatican City

A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.

Luc Luycx

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Depicted in the centre of the coin is the Cathedral of Cologne with a comet passing by above. The words ‘XX GIORNATA MONDIALE DELLA GIOVENTÙ’ are inscribed along the upper edge of the central part, separated by the tail of the comet and two of the cathedral’s spires, one of which extends into the coin’s outer ring. Twelve stars are depicted in a semicircle along the upper part of the outer ring, separated at the top by the year of issue (2005) and the mintmark ‘R’. Below the central image of the cathedral, the words ‘CITTÀ DEL VATICANO’ form a semicircle in the outer ring.

Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini

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Finely ribbed with edge lettering: six times the sequence 2 * alternately upright and inverted