The Annuale
medal for 2020 was released at the end of August and I was able to get a silver example at that time from an acquaintance in
Italy. These are limited to 1500 in each of silver and bronze. Gold examples were also struck, altho I don't have mintages for them. This
medal commemorates the 150th
anniversary of Pius IX's proclamation of St Joseph as the
patron of the "universal
Church of
Christ."
As in prior years, the papal arms continues to replace the
portrait of Pope Francis on the
obverse. This year the
reverse features St Joseph holding the
Christ Child and a lily. The dome of St Peters is in the background and the
legend is
"tu eris super domum meam" which translates, appropriately, as
"you shall be over my house."Sorry to post an image of the bronze very but don't seem to be able to get a satisfactory image of my silver one. These were produced in relatively small mintages and I don't know if its the mintage or CV this year, but examples don't seem to be showing up on
ebay or the other venues that I've seen in the past. I do think this is an improvement over the medals produced over the past few years so was glad to get the opportunity to add it to my
collection.