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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;differential, post: 8341934, member: 120104&quot;]The Papal States have have been minting coins since around the seventh century; in 1929, when Vatican City became is own territory, the coins began to receive an imprint of that new independent country. The obverse is often either the Pope who was reigning or the Pope&#039;s Coat of Arms. Each of these can be seen below when comparing the coins from c1490 to 1939.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the c1490 coin, one notes, on the obverse, the crossed &quot;Keys of the Kingdom,&quot; in reference to the New Testament passage where Christ entrusts these to St. Peter. The reverse displays a scene that is also reminiscent of both St. Peter and the storm on the sea where the disciples were frightened and Peter pleaded that the storm would stop. In the NT passage, this is indeed what happened. Imagine the 1490s--a decade of seafarers, on seas that were exponentially more dangerous than today (because of the construction of the boats as well as other factors.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479276[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479277[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The 1939 coin has a portrait of the reigning Pope--Pius XII. On the reverse, there is again the scene of Peter in the nearly capsizing-boat as the storm rages. One interpretation for this particular year is world tension that will lead to World War II. Quite aptly, one of Winston Churchill&#039;s biographical volumes is &quot;The Gathering of the Storm.&quot; So Peter in the endangered boat might be interpreted as the great risk of upcoming war that was present in 1939.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479280[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479281[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone else have Papal States or Vatican coins they would like to share?</p><p>And any insights into the history of the coin?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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