REPUBLIC OF THE PHILLIPPINES
COMMEMORATING THE PAPAL VISIT OF PAUL VI TO THE PHILLIPPINES IN NOVEMBER OF 1970
GOLD PISO CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 65 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: PORTRAIT BUST OF PAUL VI WEARING ZUCHETTO RIGHT; DATE BELOW.
REV: PORTRAIT BUST OF PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS LEFT; DENOMINATION BELOW.
THE VENERABLE POPE PAUL VI WAS ONE OF THE MOST TRAVELLED POPES IN HISTORY, EARNING HIM THE NICKNAME "THE PILGRIM POPE".
HE WAS THE TARGET OF AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AT MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON NOVEMBER 27, 1970 AT 9:30 AM. THE ATTEMPT WAS MADE BY BOLIVIAN SURREALIST PAINTER BENJAMIN MENDOZA y AMOR FLORES WHO, DRESSED AS A PRIEST, LUNGED AT THE PONTIFF AS THE LATTER DISEMBARKED FROM THE AIRLINER. MENDOZA WAS ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED.
KM # 202 B
CONTAINS 19.3 GRAMS OF .917 FINE GOLD (.5690 OZ AGW)
32 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 1,000 MINTED!
