Description

San Marino celebrates the 2016 Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy in the Catholic faith with nation’s first ringed-bimetallic €5 coin, in a medallic sculpture style.

The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (Latin: Iubilaeum Extraordinarium Misericordiae) was a Roman Catholic period of prayer held from 8 December 2015, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, to 20 November 2016, the Feast of Christ the King. Like previous jubilees, it was seen by the Church as a period for remission of sins and universal pardon focusing particularly on God's forgiveness and mercy. It was an extraordinary Jubilee because it had not been predetermined long before; ordinary jubilees are usually celebrated every 25 years. The 2016 Jubilee was first announced by Pope Francis on 13 March 2015.

Engraver: Maria Carmela Colaneri

Obverse

Artistic representation of the coat of arms of the Republic of San Marino (three towers and three feathers); the 12 stars of the European Union appear in the background, spiraling around the central elements.

The coat of arms of San Marino probably originated in the fourteenth century. The official coat of arms of the Republic is surmounted by a closed crown, the symbol of sovereignty. The shield is azure, three mountains vert, towers argent, windowed, embattled and masoned sable, surmounted by ostrich plumes argent. The shield is surrounded by two branches vert, overlapped in saltire below the shield, one of laurel, the other of oak, fructed or. On a ribbon argent the motto LIBERTAS in capital letters sable.

R
LIBERTAS
SAN MARINO

Reverse

A jubilee begins with unsealing and opening of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, depicted by an open doorway on the reverse of the coin, and ends with the door’s closure and re-sealing.

Also on the coin's reverse, above the doorway, a dove with olive branch symbolizes the Holy Spirit. The jubilee is represented by a hand supporting a mother with her child during a sea rescue of refugees. In the center of the coin the designer represented refugees fleeing from war territories.

5
EVRO
MISERICORDIAE IVBILAEVM
2016
MCC

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Bronzital
Center Cupronickel
Weight 9.2 g
Diameter 27.5 mm
Thickness 2.15 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute (IPZS)

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