| Many countries still make coins with spiritual | | | | coins, proof gold coins, and uncirculated gold coins. |
| significance. While this is not the norm for | | | | The silver coins have an oxidized finish, giving |
| countries in general, enough examples exist to | | | | them a unique appearance. Each coin also contains |
| allow us to understand there are still the | | | | four synthetic stones. The coins are round, but a |
| occasional coin or series of coins commemorating | | | | colored rectangular image appears on the obverse |
| religious people or places. | | | | of each, making them take on the iconoclastic |
| There are numerous countries that have coins | | | | look. These coins were minted by the Mint of |
| honoring Pope John Paul II, either as a person of | | | | Poland for the National Bank of the Republic of |
| significant importance or in honor of a papal visit | | | | Belarus. The subjects of the Belarus Orthodox |
| to a country. These could be considered as | | | | Saint series includes St. Panteleimon, St. Seraphim |
| religious, or one might simply consider them as | | | | of Sarov, St Seraphim of Sarov, St. Sergii of |
| historically significant. | | | | Radonezh, and St. Nicholas. |
| The Austrian Mint produced several collector coins | | | | Commemorative coins dedicated to the 2000th |
| in silver with a ten Euro denomination that feature | | | | Anniversary of Christianity in the Roman Catholic |
| religious abbeys. At the same time the Austrian | | | | religion were also produced by the Mint of Poland |
| Mint was producing coins depicting castles, so the | | | | for the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus. |
| abbey coins could be considered as honoring | | | | This coin was produced in silver in proof quality, |
| historical places, just as the castle coins honor | | | | and proof like in copper-nickel. The coin depicts |
| significant buildings of the past. The buildings are | | | | the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove and flame |
| Melk Abbey, Nonnberg Abbey, Göttweig | | | | on the obverse and three churches on the |
| Abbey, Seckau Abbey, and St. Paul im Lavanttal. | | | | reverse. |
| These could be considered coins of a spiritual or | | | | Unfortunately, neither the Austrian Mint not the |
| religious nature, but only in an incidental manner. | | | | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus will sell |
| Belarus, has, through the Mint of Poland, issued a | | | | directly to a customer in the United States, so it |
| five coin series honoring Orthodox Saints. These | | | | is necessary to procure these coins through a |
| definitely carry a religious message. Each of the | | | | distributor. |
| five coins in this series are available as proof silver | | | | |