Obverse: the coin depicts the Blessed Pontiff Pius IX, around are minted words "PIVS IX PON· MAX·A·XXII".
Reverse: the coin's denomination of 20 lires, followed the year of the coin, and the laurel crown is surrounded by the composition. The inscription "* STATO * PONTIFICIO *" (eng. the state of the pope) is inscribed around.
Edge: Sachet.
About the coin: Vatican State's 20-lire gold coin with Pope Pius IX. Pope Pius IX is the 255th head of the Catholic Church, serving since 1846. June 16 until 1878 7 February Creator of the modern Roman rights and privilege system. Elected as Pope, he refused to change the Pope's governance in a constitutional manner. 1848-1849 carried out liberal reforms in the Pope's domain, whereby some of the participants of Risordjimenta saw the future Italian congregation in it. 1849 In February, when the revolution began, it was forced to flee Rome. His patron is the French Emperor Napoleon III, whose army, at the request of the pope, was introduced to Rome and broke the resistance of the population of the Pope who demanded democratic freedoms and the withdrawal of French and Austrian troops from Italy.
