1937 AD., Vatican, Rome mint, Pius XI, 10 Lire, KM Y 8.

Vatican, Pius XI (1922-1939), Rome mint, designed by Aurelio Mistruzzi and engraved by Attilio Silvio Motti, 1937 AD.,
10 Lire (ø 27 mm / 9,96 g), 0.835 silver, 10,0 g. theor. mint weight, mintage 40,000 , axes coin alignment ↑↓ (180°),plain edge with immerged letters "P C I R C" ,
Obv.: PIVS XI PONT· - MAX·A·XII / MISTRVZZI / A·MOTTI·INC , his bust facing left.
Rev.: STATO DELLA CIT - TA' DEL VATICANO / L. - 10 / 19 - 34 / REGINA / PACIS , the Regina Pacis depiction in the Papal Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore in the Vatican.
KM Y 8 .

Year / Mintage / Roman date
1929 10,000 VIII
1930 50,000 IX
1931 50,000 X
1932 50,000 XI
1934 60,000 XIII
1935 50,000 XIV
1936 40,000 XV
1937 40,000 XVI

The name Vatican is derived from the Latin "mons vaticanus", a hill on the right bank of the Tiber. This is where the tomb of St. Peter the Apostle has been venerated since the second century.

Incisore: Attilio Silvio Motti (1867-1933) su modelli di Aurelio Mistruzzi (Nato: Villaorba di Basiliano (Ud), 1880 - Morto: Roma, 1960)

Die Statue der Regina Pacis in der Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore ist von Guido Galli. Papst Benedikt XV. hatte den Wunsch, diese Statue anfertigen zu lassen, aus Dankbarkeit, daß der Erste Weltkrieg zu Ende ging. Sie sitzt auf ihrem Thron und ist "Königin des Friedens und Herrscherin des Universums".

Achille Ratti, the later pope Pius XI, was born in 1857 at Desio, near Milan, in a family of silk manufacturer. He studied in Milan and at the Gregorian University, in Rome, and was ordained a priest in 1879. He taught in the Milan seminary, in 1888 was appointed as one of the college of doctors of the Ambrosian Library in Milan, and in 1907 he was made chief librarian. Called by Pius X to Rome, he became vice prefect of the Vatican Library. In 1918, Benedict XV entrusted him with the legateship in Poland. Two years later the Pope appointed him archbishop of Milan and created him cardinal. On February 6, 1922 he was elected pope as successor of Benedict XV.