Italien 2 Euros, 2010

2 Euros aus Italien. Ausgegeben 2010. Geprägt in Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring. Durchmesser 25.75 mm, Gewicht 8.5 g.

Avers

The coin commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810-1861), a key figure in Italian unification and early Italian liberalism, and the founder of the political newspaper "Il Risorgimento". It features a portrait of Cavour based on a painting by Francesco Hayez from 1864. The coin???s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.

Revers

A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.

Rand

Finely ribbed with edge lettering: six times the sequence "2 *" alternately upright and inverted