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Overwhelming Demand!
The demand for Euro coins and sets from The Vatican, has been so great that we received none whatsoever of our original order, and have had to source sets from other dealers and speculators. This also applies to the San Marino, and we suspect the same will apply to Monaco, but we are still waiting for firm news. We are currently in process of returning payments or deposits. We have, since early January, had multiple requests for 100, 500, and 1,000 sets of each which we have turned down, and indeed stopped accepting any orders for Vatican since January. We now have a limited quantity of official sets available, but regret that we have to ask market prices for them.
General Introduction
The Vatican Starts Using The Euro on January 1st 2002
On new year's day 2002, The Vatican, like the other 11 members of the Eurozone, started using Euro notes and Euro coins for cash transactions. Within a few months, the old coins and banknotes in Lire will be withdrawn. We expect to have uncirculated sets of Euro coins from all of the twelve member countries available in January 2002, and are accepting advance orders now.
The designs of all eight of the Euro coins for the Vatican are identical, showing His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, facing right.
Eight Coins Per Set
All national Euro sets contain all 8 coin denominations unless otherwise stated.
We Advised Early Ordering!
Despite the lack of advance information about Vatican Euro sets, there has been fantastic demand for them. The best advice we could give was to order or reserve them early before they sol out! This may have sounded crazy, but it can be quiet a common occurrence when dealing with mints, governments and bureaucrats. They have a monopoly position, and can sell all they want to before giving out any useful consumer information such as price or availability. We fill all our orders in the order in which they were received. In a zero allocation situation such as this, there is little we could do. We guess that local dealers or speculators must have placed large orders for Vatican Euro sets, and have perhaps had more "influence" than us! Similar comments also apply to San Marino, Monaco, and other countries.
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This shows a portrait of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, facing left. |
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As all the Vatican Euro coins, this shows a portrait of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, facing left. |
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As all the Vatican Euro coins, this shows a portrait of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, facing left. |
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As all the Vatican Euro coins, this shows a portrait of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, facing left. |
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As all the Vatican Euro coins, this shows a portrait of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, facing left. |
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As all the Vatican Euro coins, this shows a portrait of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, facing left. |
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As all the Vatican Euro coins, this shows a portrait of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, facing left. |
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As all the Vatican Euro coins, this shows a portrait of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, facing left. |
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Packaging & Presentation
We expect to have uncirculated official mint sets of coins from all 12 Euro zone countries in stock during 2002, plus the three minor states including the Vatican. Our Vatican Euro sets are packaged in an attractive card within a 2-sided plastic case so that the coins can be viewed from both sides or removed if required. We have information about official issue mint or proof sets. All of the countries will issue uncirculated sets, but many will not issue proof sets.
Official Sets Only
For the 12 main countries, we have arranged supplies of coins to reach us in January 2002, and can therefore offer both our own unofficial sets and the official mint sets. For the three minor states including the Vatican, we can only currently offer the official sets.
Production and packaging of he official Vatican sets is by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Roma - the Italian State Mint in Rome.
Availability & Prices
Please deduct 10% if you previously sent us a paid order or deposit for a Vatican Euro set.
| Date | Description | Status | Availability * | Price £ | Price $ | Price € |
| 2002 | Unofficial Uncirculated | Not Available | ||||
| 2002 | Official Uncirculated | In Stock | Now | £245 | $350 | €400 |
| 2002 | Official Proof | No* | N/A | £N/A | $N/A | €N/A |
Notes
TBA = To Be Announced. To reserve future issues, please see our Euro Set Reservations page.
No* = Will not be issued.
Availability * = Subject to prompt release and despatch by mints.
Postage & Packing, Per Order:
UK: At buyer's Risk £3.50 or
Fully Insured £9 (Usually by Royal Mail Special Delivery)
USA: Airmail at buyer's risk $10 or
Fully Insured $20
For further details, please see our Postage & Packing page.
Order Form - UK
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Order Form - Rest of World
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