3305) St. Peter and the Rooster star on latest Vatican €20 coin issued by the CFN (Commercializzone Filatelica E Numasmatica- Vatican City): "Art & Faith Coin Series": Year of Coin issue: 2024:
The 2024 "Art & Faith" €20 coin from Vatican City calls
to mind the story of Saint Peter and the rooster.
The series began in 2020 with a €10 coin depicting the
Pietà, a marble sculpture created by Michelangelo Buonarroti.
It continued in
2021 with a €20 coin depicting the bronze statue of "St. Peter in the Vatican",
and in 2022 showed the "dome of Saint Peter’s Basilica" on another €20 coin.
The 2023 €20 coin featured "Michelangelo’s famous painting The Creation of Adam".
Sculptor Daniela Fusco designed the 2024 coin, which was
engraved by Claudia Momoni, and struck at the Italian State Mint.
2024 design details:
The Vatican State Mint continues its Art and Faith” series with the 20 Euro copper coin for 2024 depicting Saint Peter and the Rooster. On the reverse side of the coin, the artist Daniela Fusco shows in the foreground the rooster of Saint Peter - a bronze statue preserved in the Treasury Museum of Saint Peter’s Basilica - and in the background an image of the Apostle Peter.
The rooster, always associated with the Apostle Peter, recalls Jesus’ prophetic words to him: “Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three times.” (Lk 22:54-62). The episode recounted in the four Gospels refers to Jesus’ arrest, when Peter is overcome with fear and denies him, pretending not to know him, only to repent and weep bitterly over it. Jesus knows that this humble fisherman will be the rock on which His Church will be built (Mt 16:18).
In light of this, the artist depicts Peter with the keys in his hand, symbols of spiritual authority and the role of guardian of the gates of Paradise: “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” (Mt 16:19)
The Reverse of the €20 coin shows in the foreground the Rooster of Saint
Peter — a bronze statue preserved in the Treasury Museum of Saint Peter’s
Basilica — and in the background an image of the Apostle Peter.
The Rooster is associated with the Apostle Peter since
Jesus’ prophetic words to him: “Before the cock crows today, you will deny me
three times.” (Luke 22:34, 57-60).
The episode is recounted in all four Gospels’ accounts of
Jesus’ arrest, when Peter is overcome with fear and denies knowing Jesus, only
to repent and weep bitterly over it.
The artist also depicts Peter with keys in his hand,
reflecting Jesus promise to him, “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of
heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever
you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:19).
The common Obverse of the €20 coin depicts the Coat of Arms of Vatican
City.
Proof and Brilliant Uncirculated versions are issued for
each design.
The coins weigh 15 grams and measure 32 millimeters in diameter.
The Brilliant Uncirculated version has a mintage limit of 15,000 pieces is
packaged in a colorful box. The Proof version’s mintage is limited to 3,000
coins.
Distributed b y the Royal Scandinavian Mint, a private coin
agent.
Year 2024
Value 20 Euros
20 EUR = INR 1850
Currency Euro
(2002-date)
Composition Copper
Weight 15 g
Diameter 32 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal
alignment ↑↑
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Posts on the Ryder Cup on this Blog:
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ii) The 44th Ryder Cup held in Italy: 10 Euro Silver Coins with applied colour and concave centre brought out by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato Italiano (IPZS) marks the conduct of the prestigious Ryder Cup in Italy for the first time: Date of Coin issue: 18.09.2023
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