2 euro 2004 Vatican City – 75th anniversary of the founding of the State of Vatican City

Negotiations to settle the Rome question began in 1926 between the Italian government and the Holy See, and in 1929 they culminated in the agreements of the three Lateran Accords, signed for King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy by Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and for Pope Pius XI, Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri. The agreements were signed at the Lateran Palace, hence the name by which they are known.