This premium numismatic program honors the unforgotten and beloved Pope John Paul II. The Polish born Karol Wojtyła (1920-2005) found his calling early on, and received ordination at the age of 26. On 16^th October 1978, he was elected pope, and succeeded John Paul I. 

Pope John Paul II had the second longest pontificate of all 266 popes, at over 26 years, and also had an extraordinary influence on world politics. On 1^st May 2011, the deceased Pope was beatified, and in 2014 canonized. 

This top-class complete collection contains all the "Anno" sets of the Vatican Lira ever minted from 1979 to 2001. All coins are available in uncirculated quality, and are embedded in valuable Epalux cases.

Epalux – the queen of packages – stands out due to high break resistance, very long life, high stability and aesthetics.

• All lira coin sets from his pontificate
• 163 different coins
• With interesting motifs on parables and Bible passages
• Each set contains a silver coin