Vatican

2019

Commemorative coin

Sistine Chapel — End of the restoration 1994-2019

Official Journal of the European Union

The design features the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. At the left, in semi-circle is the inscription of the issuing country ‘CITTÀ DEL VATICANO’. At the right, in semi-circle, are the inscriptions ‘CAPPELLA SISTINA — FINE DEI RESTAURI’ and ‘1994-2019’. At the right side is the mintmark ‘R’ and at the bottom the name of the artist ‘D. LONGO’. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European f lag.

Additional information

On the 25th anniversary of the restoration of the Sistine Chapel, built between 1475 and 1483, the Vatican City minted a commemorative coin with a motif from the ceiling fresco of the Last Judgement with Mary and Jesus Christ, created by Michelangelo (1475-1564) around 1540. It depicts the Abrahamic religions' eschatological concept of a divine judgement that closes off world events and is closely linked to the idea of resurrection as the judgement of all the living and the dead.

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