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Pope John Paul II's final legacy: money

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Pope John Paul II proves a postmortem cash cow.

Many of these Pope John Paul II euro coins will be finding their way to eBay.

Thousands of people queued on Thursday to buy the Vatican's last series of euro-denominated coins bearing the image of Pope John Paul, ordered before his death and already soaring in value.

Thousands queue for last Pope John Paul coins

Polish branch of the Roman Catholic Church claims that that making images of Pope John Paul II is like selling Mickey Mouse toys without Disney's permission.

The Polish Episcopate says it alone can authorise commercial use of the image of the late Polish Pope and argues that the products are illegal.

Church attacks Pope statue-makers