Italy 10 Euros, 2009

10 Euros from Italy. Issued in 2009. Struck in Silver (.925). Measures 34 mm and weighs 22 g.

Obverse

Portrait of Guglielmo Marconi inspired by a period image; on the left, in the background, the yacht and floating laboratory "Elettra". Below the portrait, in exergue, the sign of Marconi and below the name of the author. (Italian Republic)

Reverse

A radio receiver with rhomboidal antenna catching radio waves, the same of many radios created in Italy in the first half of the twenties. At right the value while the mintmark is at left. Dates of the anniversary are below, and above all is the logo of the European Star Programme.

Edge

Interrupted milled