Niue: John Paul II and the "Papal Mint"

[chrisild]

The former pope John Paul II will be canonized in about two month. Now the "JP2 Museum" in Częstochowa has designed several coins, to be issued by the Papal Mint. Wait ... why is this topic in this forum then?

The answer is -- Niue.   The issues - basically fundraisers for the museum - are metallic maps of Poland with JP2 related designs, and yes, they do have what could be called a face value. Depicted at the bottom is the 10 dollar piece.

More information about the John Paul II Museum is here (various languages; this is the English version):
http://www.jp2muzeum.pl/en

The website of the "Papal Mint" (in Polish only as far as I can tell):
http://mennicapapieska.pl/

Christian

[Figleaf]

I wish I could call this a new level of bad taste, but noooo, I have seen even worse.

For the record, the Vatican coins are struck in Italy, not in Poland.

Peter

[chrisild]

Actually the design, or part of it, is not all that bad in my opinion. The two city views, and the idea to give the piece the shape of Poland, I like. But the whole concept ... nah. By the way, this is definitely not a pocket piece. It weighs 10 ounces.

Christian

[Bimat]

...Like we say in Hindi: "यें कैसा भद्दा मजाक है|"

Aditya