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100 Euro - Franciscus (Saint John)
Country: Vatican City
Denomination: 100 Euro
100 EUR = 116 USD
Year: 2017
Material: Gold (.917)
Weight: 30 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 35 mm
Type: Non circulating coin
Catalog list: vatican city
Description:
Obverse
Coat of arms of the Holy Father.
Reverse
The coin features the Saint with an eagle, given the belief that an eagle could look directly into the sun, so he also with his gospel gazed into the profoundness of the divinity of Christ. The scene shows one of the four ceramics by Andrea Della Robbia, depicting the Evangelists, adorning the pendentives of the dome of the Basilica of Santa Maria delle Carceri in Prato, Italy.
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