Coins for Pope’s 80th
On Dec. 17, Pope Francis celebrated his 80th birthday. Liechtenstein’s Coin Invest Trust has marked the occasion with five .9999 fine gold proof-like coins struck for the Cook Islands. The…
On Dec. 17, Pope Francis celebrated his 80th birthday. Liechtenstein’s Coin Invest Trust has marked the occasion with five .9999 fine gold proof-like coins struck for the Cook Islands.
The common reverse depicts a portrait of the Pope along with the inscription POPE FRANCIS 80TH BIRTHDAY. The obverse shows the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
The five coins are: $5 (11 mm, 1/100th ounce), $10 (18 mm, 1/25 ounce), $20 (26 mm, 1/10 ounce), $25 (35 mm, 1/4 ounce), $200 (50 mm, 1/2 ounce), and $250 (65 mm, 1 ounce). Mintages are 10,000, 5,000, 3,000, 2,000, 1,500, and 999, respectively.
All coins have been struck by B.H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt, Munich using Big Gold Minting© technology.
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