Coined for the ages

The Last Supper was Jesus Christ’s final meal with his disciples, which he partook on the eve of what is now commemorated as Good Friday — the day when he was crucified. In 2016, a silver coin was issued by Niue, an island nation in the south Pacific Ocean, to commemorate The Last Supper, shared Pascal Roque Lopes, a Vasai-based historian and coin researcher. The silver coin is a part of Lopes’ personal collection. “Inspired by imagery from Leonardo da Vinci, and other famous depictions, the coin’s inscription captures a teacher surrounded by his closest pupils. Although among his friends and believers, Jesus reveals that one of them has betrayed him and another will deny him, he accepts his disciples’ actions as a means to his inevitable sacrifice, offering his body and blood both at the meal and for eternity. This coin, therefore, symbolises guilt, forgiveness and the promise of a better future,” he said.