1942 Vatican City 2 Lire {1942-1946} 1S

Pivs XII

FEATURING
front: coat of arms

gold and silver crossed keys
gold cross surmounting triple crowns.

The coats of arms of the Holy See and Vatican City State in the form that combines two crossed keys and a tiara used as a coat of arms of the Holy See have origins attested from the 14th century. The combination of one gold and one silver key is somewhat later.

The coat of arms of Vatican City State, a sovereign entity established by the Lateran Treaty of 11 February 1929, was adopted by the Fundamental Law of the new state on 7 June 1929 and has its coat of arms defined by law as having the golden key in bend and the silver key in bend sinister.

The keys refer to the promise of Christ to Peter, "I will entrust to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you declare bound on earth shall be bound in heaven; whatever you declare loosed on earth shall be loosed in heaven." They are a symbol of the power the Catholic Church believes that Christ gave to Saint Peter and his successors, with the gold key signifying that the power reaches to heaven and the silver key that it extends to all the faithful on earth, the interlacing indicating the linking between the two aspects of the power, and the handles of the key being at the base to symbolize the power being in the hands of the pope.

Lettering: PIVS·XII·PONTIFEX MAXIMUS·ANNO·IV

back: seated robed figure, facing outwards, holding scales and book

Lettering:
STATO·DELLA·CITTA'·DEL·VATICANO
IVST ITIA
MISTRVZZI

• quantity 1
• demonetized {no longer in circulation} polished Stainless-steel coin
• diameter: 29 mm
• weight: 9.9 g

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