{"id":51056,"date":"2014-07-29T09:28:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T07:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2014\/07\/29\/bank-of-korea-releases-designs-for-commemorative-papal-visit-coins\/"},"modified":"2014-07-29T09:28:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T07:28:14","slug":"bank-of-korea-releases-designs-for-commemorative-papal-visit-coins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2014\/07\/29\/bank-of-korea-releases-designs-for-commemorative-papal-visit-coins\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Korea releases designs for commemorative Papal visit coins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the Pope's visit to South Korea about three weeks away, the country's central bank released the designs of two specially made coins to commemorate his visit.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis will travel to South Korea from August 14-18, to participate in Asian Youth Day. The Bank of Korea will issue 30,000 silver coins, worth about $48 each.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The coins will feature a dove carrying an olive branch, and a series of crosses making up the 'taegeuk,\u00e2?\u009d the circular symbol found in the country's flag. The other side will include the Pope's coat of arms.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the brass coins, with a value of about $10, will feature a cross made of several plants, with the country's national flower in the middle. The bank will make about 60,000 brass coins available.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition to meeting with youth, the Vatican said the Pope will beatify 124 Korean martyrs, and preside a Mass for peace and reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>RCA<br \/>\nYonhap<br \/>\nFA<br \/>\n-PR<br \/>\nUp: KLH\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 29, 2014. Roughly 30,000 silver coins and 60,000 brass coins will be issued. ;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":30015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/VFsybvRPvTo","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/","international_url":"http:\/\/romereports.com.edgesuite.net\/news\/bkoreacoinsint.mov","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}