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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2524771, member: 39&quot;]Another nice coin - and while we now know (as in best guess) that Jesus was born around 5 BC, it certainly makes sense, especially for a Roman Catholic country, to celebrate the year 2000 as the bimillenary. The L.2000 face value is appropriate too. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The star on the side featuring the Pope, by the way, is the one in Bethlehem. If you look at <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Bethlehem_-_Stern_von_Bethlehem_in_der_Geburtsgrotte.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Bethlehem_-_Stern_von_Bethlehem_in_der_Geburtsgrotte.jpg" rel="nofollow">this photo</a> in full size, you can even recognize the 1717 date which you can also see on the coin. That is when the star was added, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Nativity#Site_layout_and_architectural_expansion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Nativity#Site_layout_and_architectural_expansion" rel="nofollow">see here</a>. (&quot;Site layout and architectural expansion &gt; The Grotto of the Nativity&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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