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Silver 10-lira pieces bearing on the reverse the Virgin Mary, crowned, enthroned and haloed above the legend "Queen of Peace"; on the obverse, Pope Pius XI in mozetta, stole and biretta...
...lira pieces: reverse, St. Peter in a small boat; obverse, Pius XI as on the 10-lira piece...
...Nickel 2-lira: reverse, the Good Shepherd with sheep; obverse, the Papal Arms...
...lira: reverse, the Virgin with a halo of stars, crescent moon and globe near by ; obverse, the Papal Arms...
Officially the Papal monetary unit is the "gold lira," identical in value with the stabilized Italian lira. Both kinds of lire will circulate without distinction in both the Kingdom of Italy and the Papal State...