Italy 2 Euros, 2004

2 Euros from Italy. Issued in 2004. Struck in Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring. Measures 25.75 mm and weighs 8.5 g.

Obverse

A globe tilted to the right bearing the inscription 'WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME' with an ear of wheat, an ear of maize and an ear of rice coming out from its border. The three grains representing the world's basic sources of nourishment. The monogram of the Italian Republic (and R superimposed over and I) appears to the right of the globe with a smaller combination of the letters U and P below, as initials of the engraver. To the upper left of the globe are the mint mark and the date with the twelve five-pointed stars in the outer rim representing the European Union.

Reverse

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

Edge

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