Italy 2 Euros, 2013
Giovanni Boccaccio
Information
Country
Italy
Italy
Currency
Euro
(2002 – 9999)
Coin type
Circulating commemorative coin
Denomination
2 Euros
Year
2013
Ruler
Republic
(1946–9999)
Composition
Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring
Shape
Round
Alignment
Medal alignment ↑↑
Technique
Milled
Weight (g)
8.5
Diameter (mm)
25.75
Thickness (mm)
2.2
Description
2 Euros from Italy. Issued in 2013. Struck in Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring. Measures 25.75 mm and weighs 8.5 g.
- Obverse
- The design shows the head of Giovanni BOCCACCIO in three quarter view facing right, drawn from the fresco by Andrea del Castagno, around 1450 ca. (Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi); around, on the bottom, BOCCACCIO 1313 2013; on the right, superimposed letters R (monogram of the Mint of Rome)/RI (monogram of Italian Republic)/m (monogram of the author Roberto Mauri). The coin???s outer ring bears the 12 stars of 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
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