Mother Teresa - 1997 Unc. Cupro Nickel $1 Coin - SLE

Born Agnes Bojaxhiu in 1910 in Skopje, Yugoslavia, this holy woman joined The Sisters of Loreto in 1928. She took the name Teresa after Saint Teresa of Avila, Patroness of the Missionaries. In 1948, she came across a half-dead woman lying in front of Calcutta Hospital and stayed with that woman until she died. From that time on, she dedicated the rest of her life to helping the poorest of the poor in India, thus gaining her the same “Saint of the Gutters”. She founded an order of Nuns called The Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta dedicated to serving the poor and in just under 50 years, The Missionaries of Charity has expanded to consist of 517 missions throughout 100 countries worldwide. In 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Noble Peace Prize. She met Diana, Princess of Wales on a number of occasions, the last being in New York in the summer of 1997. Both expressed considerable support and admiration for the work that the other was engaged in.