REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
RARE PAULUS YEAR (YEAR DEDICATED TO ST. PAUL) 250 DOLLAR COIN
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: NATIONAL ARMS; DENOMINATION BELOW.
REV: WITHIN CIRCLE AND UNDERNEATH A COLUMNED ARCH, A FACING FULL STANDING FIGURE OF PAUL WITH NIMBUS HOLDING SWORD HILT IN LEFT HAND AND GOSPEL BOOK IN RIGHT HAND, WITH BAPTISM SCENE TOP RIGHT, PREACHING TO PEOPLE BOTTOM RIGHT, HAND OF GOD BESTOWING MESSAGE TO PRAYING SAINT TOP LEFT, ROMAN STANDARD HELD BY LEGIONARIES BOTTOM LEFT; OUTER CIRCLE DIVIDED BY PUZZLE PIECE-LIKE SECTIONS WITH VARIOUS RELIGIOUS OBJECTS, SYMBOLS AND SCENES DEPICTED.
2008 WAS PROCLAIMED BY POPE BENEDICT XVI TO BE DEDICATED TO SAINT PAUL TO COMMEMORATE THE 2,000TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAINT'S BIRTH.
THE COMMEMORATIVE PAULINE YEAR RAN FROM 2008 TO 2009.
ST. PAUL, A JEW BORN IN TARSUS IN MODERN TURKEY, WAS CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY ON THE ROAD TO DAMSCUS, AND BECAME ONE OF THE GREAT EVANGELISTS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, BRINGING THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST FIRST TO JEWS AND THEN TO GENTILES.
CONTAINS 155.55 GRAMS OF .999 PURE GOLD (5 OZS AGW)
65 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 99 MINTED!
