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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a few Vatican coins I got in the early days of my collection. I was wondering if anyone of these are silver? 100 L.-1967 5 L. 1953 50 L.1966 1 L. 1953 10L. 1963 20 L. 1966 2 L. 1952 Thanks  |
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Yes, I do collect Vatican coins too - primarily euro pieces though. And no, none of the ones you list is a silver coin ...
Christian
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
8137 Posts |
Thanks. I got them for free so I am not really too upset. They should start up a few conversations at the coin club Tomorrow.
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Valued Member
United States
134 Posts |
CoinCollector2012,
I have a couple of Vatican coins dating back to the 19th century. I find then rather interesting and most of them have very low mintages. Any conversations pertaining to them at the coin club meeting yesterday?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2661 Posts |
I have a few, nothing special thought.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
Not really. They really just said they were interesting and moved on.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
1238 Posts |
Guess that is the problem with having/showing non-US coins in the US. ;) In case you wonder what is depicted on the pieces: 1 lira 1953 / 2 lire 1952 / 5 lire 1953 Those are from a series dealing with virtues. L.1: Temperantia, L.2: Fortitudo, L.5: Iustitia. 10 lire 1963 Virtues series continued: (L.10: Prudentia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_virtueshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theological_virtues20 lire 1966 / 50 lire 1966 The shepherd with the lamb is a reference to John 10:2 (good shepherd). 100 lire 1967 In that year the Vatican issued a series dedicated to the 1900th anniversary of St. Peter and St. Paul's martyrdom. The coin is part of that series. Christian |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Guess that is the problem with having/showing non-US coins in the US. What problem? Ever since some guy pulled a New Guinea shilling and a Victorian dime out of his 6/$1 bin I have been planning a long trip down South  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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does anyone collect Vatican coins? well ... as long as I don't have to bend-over to pick them up. |
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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What problem? Call it problem, call it peculiarity, or whatever. ;) And yes, I know that a tiny fraction of the collectors in the USA (not sure about Canada) actually show some interest in, gasp, foreign coinage, hehe. Oh well, with the descriptions I just tried to make up for the fact that the OP got hardly reaction to those Vatican coins at his coin club. Christian |
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Valued Member
Switzerland
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I have 5 Vatican coins in my collection, but I don't really collect coins from this small country.
20 Lira, 2001
200 Lira, 2001
500 Lira, 2001
1'000 Lira, 2001
50 Cent, 2012
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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I have two. One of them is ridiculously common (50 euro cent 2012, I think), and the other is probably most valuable as a conversation piece (50 lira 1962, the Second Vatican Council commemorative). The 50 lira was bought for $2.5 or so; the euro coin was a gift from a fellow collector (who got a few of these in change while visiting Rome).
I'd really want to get something more unusual; one particularly weird goal is "one of these Sede Vacante issues". I know I probably couldn't afford it, however - and even if I could, it's not like it comes up very often, either - so that's just one of those vaguely-defined mental goals that I only follow on if I get really lucky (I think I have about a dozen of these "goals" for my collection - 1870s German states, US type set, very late Roman bronzes, anything to do with France...)
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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You cannot get things right for everybody. ;) In the early years of the euro, the Vatican issued no or hardly coins at face, and collectors complained. Now that they issue more, collectors complain ... The four countries that may issue euro coins without being members of the European Union (San Marino, Monaco, Andorra as from this year, and the Vatican) have to issue a certain portion of their annual volume at face. According to the 2010-2012 Monetary Agreements that means:
VA: at least 51% of the coins
SM: at least 70%
AD / MC: at least 80%
But of course these countries still want to make money with the money. :) So only certain denominations are issued at face; others have to be purchased in sets.
Christian
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Moderator
 United States
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I have Vatican coins in my Birth Year Set.
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