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  • 1 Euro 2014-2016, KM# 461, Vatican City, Pope Francis
  • 1 Euro 2014-2016, KM# 461, Vatican City, Pope Francis
Description

Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is the 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church, a title he holds ex officio as Bishop of Rome, and sovereign of Vatican City. He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century.

Obverse

The three-quarters portrait of His Holiness Pope Francis, the inscription "CITTA' DEL VATICANO" (Vatican City) above, date and mint mark (R, Rome) on the right and the twelve stars of Europe around.

Artist: Patrizio Daniele
Engraver: Maria Carmela Colaneri (MCC INC.)

CITTA' DEL VATICANO
R
2015
MCC INC. P. DANIELE

Reverse

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 1 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “1” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

12 stars are located on the right side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Luc Luycx, a designer at the Royal Belgian Mint, designed the Euro’s common reverse; his initials, LL, are seen on the right side of the design, just under the “O” in “EURO.”

1 EURO
LL

Edge

1 Euro

KM# 461 Schön# 454
Characteristics
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Nickel Brass
Center Cupronickel
Weight 7.5 g
Diameter 23.25 mm
Thickness 2.33 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute (IPZS)

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