COMMEMORATING THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PONTIFICATE OF SAINT POPE JOHN PAUL II. ONLY 1,000 MINTED. NGC CERTIFIED PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO. OBV: NATIONAL ARMS (HERALDIC EAGLE WITH WINGS DISPLAYED) DIVIDES DATE WITH DENOMINATION BENEATH. REV: HALF BUST OF POPE JOHN PAUL II PRAYING WITH HANDS CLASPED AND HEAD BOWED LEFT. HE WAS THE ONLY POLISH POPE, AND THE FIRST NON-ITALIAN POPE SINCE 1522. HE BECAME ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL LEADERS OF THE 20th CENTURY AND IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO HAVE BEEN. IN BRINGING AN END TO COMMUNISM IN EUROPE. HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST TRAVELLED WORLD LEADERS IN HISTORY, VISITED OVER 129 COUNTRIES AND LOGGING MORE THAN 750,000 MILES (MORE THAN ALL THE PREVIOUS POPES IN TOTAL). HE IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH MANY FAITHS FOLLOWING A DOCTRINE OF TOLERANCE, UNDERSTANDING, AND COMMON GROUND. THE TITLE “VENERABLE” WAS PROCLAIMED BY HIS SUCCESSOR BENEDICT XVI, AND THE COMMON USAGE OF THE EPITHET “THE GREAT” HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH HIM SINCE HIS PASSING. ON MAY 1, 2011, THE BLESSED POPE JOHN PAUL II RECEIVED BEATIFICATION FROM THE CHURCH, THIRD OF THE FOUR STEPS TOWARD. THE TRADITIONAL FIVE-YEAR WAITING PERIOD FOR CANONIZATION WAS WAIVED AND THE PROCESS STARTED SHORTLY AFTER HIS DEATH. TWO MIRACLES HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO THE INTERVENTION OF POPE JOHN PAUL II AND CONFIRMED BY THE CHURCH, THE SECOND OF WHICH WAS CONFIRMED BY POPE FRANCIS IN 2013. JOHN PAUL II WAS CANONIZED, ALONGSIDE POPE JOHN XXIII, ON APRIL 27, 2014. 31.103 GRAMS 999 FINE GOLD. (1.0 OZ AGW). 32 MM IN DIAMETER. We cannot declare any package as a “gift”, sampleetc. The item “1988 GOLD POLAND 1000 MINTED 10,000 ZOLTYCH NGC PROOF 69 UC SAINT JOHN PAUL II” is in sale since Thursday, August 16, 2018. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Europe\Poland”. The seller is “rarecoincollector” and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Poland
- Certification Number: 2737152-001
- Certification: NGC
- Grade: PF 69 UC
- Year: 1988
- Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
- Composition: Gold
