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Vatican City
The edge lettering on the Vatican City 2‐Euro‐commemorative coins is :
Image	Country		Feature	Ref.
		Vatican City	26th World Youth Day in Madrid 2011	20001 20002
	Description : After being in Cologne in 2005 and Sydney in 2008, the World Youth Day in Madrid took place from the 15th to the 21st of August 2011. In the motif at the centre of the coin three young people are depicted waving flags with the coats of arms of the Vatican City and Spain. Above this is the reason for issuing the coin, "XXVI G. M. G." (G. M. G. = Giornata mondiale della gioventù, World Youth Day), below this is "CITTÀ DEL VATICANO" (Vatican City) the issuing country. The year of issue, "2011", is on the left and below it the letter "R" which is the mint mark of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome. The logo "O.ROSSI" of the coin designer Orietta Rossi appears at the bottom and on the top right the initials "M.C.C. INC." (INC. = Incisore / Engraver) by the engraver Maria Carmela Colaneri.

References :
20001	Images taken with authorisation by the ECB ‐ Mail dated 20.Feb.2020 © "European Central Bank"	20002	Text taken from German Wikipedia and translated by DeepL
20003	Not Applicable	20004	Not Applicable