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Vatican Misspells “Jesus” On New Papal Coins

Doug Mataconis
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Someone at the Vatican is probably feeling a bit embarrassed by now:

The Vatican has withdrawn from sale 6,000 copies of a new papal medal on which the name of Jesus was misspelt.

In an inscription around the edge of the coin, Jesus was mistakenly spelt with an L.

Keen-eyed experts snapped up a handful of the coins, which were struck in gold, silver and bronze by the Italian mint, before the mistake was noticed.

Vatican coins and medals bearing the face of Pope Francis are bought by collectors all over the world.

A few collectors may make a fortune because of the scarcity value of the flawed medals, the BBC’s David Willey reports from Rome.

Whoops.

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9 responses to “Vatican Misspells “Jesus” On New Papal Coins”

  1. michael reynolds Avatar
    michael reynolds

    Look, the whole Jesus brand is getting kind of long-in-the-tooth, it was time to look at some re-branding. Think of Lesus as New Coke.

  2. Ron Beasley Avatar
    Ron Beasley

    God works in strange ways. Or at least he would if there was such a creature.

  3. rudderpedals Avatar
    rudderpedals

    A venal sin, not cardinal. A blessing for numismatists, also.

  4. Tony W Avatar
    Tony W

    If the infallible pope says it’s Lesus, then it’s Lesus, and always has been.

  5. Timothy Watson Avatar
    Timothy Watson

    Correct me if I’m wrong here, but I was under the impression that Jesus, as in Jesus Christ, is spelled “Iesus” (with an uppercase i) in Latin.

  6. Argon Avatar
    Argon

    Lesus! How stupid can you get?
    Farging iceholes.

  7. OzarkHillbilly Avatar
    OzarkHillbilly

    Hey, lighten up guys. We all make mistakes.

  8. DrDaveT Avatar
    DrDaveT

    @Timothy Watson:
    Correct — in Latin it’s Iesus (or some other ending besides -us, depending on which declension you need at the moment). Nevertheless, it’s pretty clear that nobody who actually reads Latin did any QA on the engraving.

  9. Timothy Watson Avatar
    Timothy Watson

    @DrDaveT: Thanks, that’s what I thought. But every article I read about the error says tha “Jesus” (with an uppercase j) was intended.

    I guess I should chalk that up to people not knowing Latin? 🙂

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