Vatikanstadt 2 Euros - Benedictus XVI, 2011

2 Euros - Benedictus XVI aus Vatikanstadt. Ausgegeben 2011. Geprägt in Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring. Durchmesser 25.75 mm, Gewicht 8.5 g.

Avers

The inner part of the coin features a number of young people and flags, together with the mintmark “R” and the year “2011”, surrounded, along the upper edge, by the Roman numerals “XXVI” and the letters “G.M.G.”, the abbreviation of Giornata Mondiale della Gioventù (World Youth Day), and by the name of the issuing country “CITTA’ DEL VATICANO” along the lower edge. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.

Revers

A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.

Rand

Finely ribbed with edge lettering: six times the sequence "2 * " alternately upright and inverted