2016 San Marino €5 BU Coin "Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy"

• Mint: IPZS (Italian Mint)
• Denomination: €5
• Quality: BU
• Issue limit: 82,600 pcs.
• Alloy: Base metal
• Artist: Maria Carmela Colaneri
• Diameter: 27.5 mm
• Weight: 9.2 grams
• Box/Capsule: Yes/Yes
• Certificate: Yes

Additional Information

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This coin celebrates the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, and features a 16-sided hexadecagon shape and a milled edge.

The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy is a Roman Catholic period of prayer held from the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (December 8), 2015, to the Feast of Christ the King (November 20), 2016. Like previous jubilees, it is seen by the Church as a period for remission of sins and universal pardon focusing particularly on God's forgiveness and mercy.

This is an extraordinary Jubilee because it had not been predetermined long before; usually ordinary jubilees take place every 25 years. The 2016 Jubilee was first announced by Pope Francis on March 13, 2015. It was declared in the Pope's April 2015 papal bull of indiction, Misericordiae Vultus. It is the 27th holy year in history, following the ordinary 2000 Jubilee during John Paul II's papalcy.