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Iubilaeum Anno Domini 2000 Token Or Coin

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this coin has a madonna and child on front of coin and dove with cross on back. words on back say iubilaeum anno domini 2000. What are these coins used for?
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sounds like a religious medallion, possibly commemorating 2,000 years since the birth of Christ ?
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iubilaeum is Latin for jubilee.
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Sounds like a Catholic medal of some kind. The Catholic CHurch recognized 2000 as a Jubilee Year.

It was presumably sold to pilgrims/tourists in Rome (or perhaps elsewhere too) for the occasion.
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