Euro of Italy
Catalog of Italian coins in euro
The euro coins are eight, with values of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents and 1 and 2 euro. They are characterized by a common face designed by Luc Luycx of the Royal Mint of Belgium, winner of the European competition for the design of the coins. The images of the common side represent three different maps of Europe, surrounded by 12 stars of the EU with a number indicating the value of coin. The other side is the national one, and shows different images for each country, surrounded by the 12 EU stars and containing the initials of the nation (e.g.: RI for the Italian Republic).
The subjects of Italian coins were chosen on February 8th 1998 by a televoting during a TV show, apart the 1 euro coin, chosen by the then Economy Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. The subjects adopted are:
- 1 cent: Federico II castle in Castel del Monte;
- 2 cents: Mole Antonelliana in Turin;
- 5 cents: Colosseum in Rome;
- 10 cents: detail of the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli;
- 20 cents: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space by Umberto Boccioni;
- 50 cents: Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius on the drawing of Michelangelo's Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome;
- 1 Euro: Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci;
- 2 euro: a portrait of Dante Alighieri taken from the fresco The Dispute of the Sacrament of Raphael Sanzio.
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| 1 cent 2002- 16,25 mm 2,30 g steel, copper |
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| 2 cents 2002- 18,75 mm 3,06 g steel, copper |
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| 5 cents 2002- 21,25 mm 3,92 g steel, copper |
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| 10 cents 2002- 19,75 mm 4,10 g Nordic gold |
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| 20 cents 2002- 22,25 mm 5,74 g Nordic gold |
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| 50 cents 2002- 24,25 mm 7,80 g Nordic gold |
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| 1 euro 2002- 23,25 mm 7,50 g nickel, brass, copper |
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| 2 euro 2002- 25,75 mm 8,50 g nickel, brass, copper |
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2 euro commemorative coins
| 2004 Fifth Decade of the World Food Programme |
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| 2005 1st Anniversary of the Signing of the European Constitution |
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| 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin |
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| 2007 50th anniversary of the European Union |
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| 2008 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
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| 2009 10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union |
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| 2009 200th Birthday of Louis Braille |
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| 2010 200th Birthday of Camillo Benso di Cavour |
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| 2011 150th Anniversary of Italian unification |
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| 2012 100 Years since the Death of Giovanni Pascoli |
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| 2012 10th Anniversary of Euro coins |
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| 2013 200 Years since the Birth of Giuseppe Verdi |
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| 2013 700 Years since the Birth of Giovanni Boccaccio |
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| 2014 450 Years since the Birth of Galileo Galilei |
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| 2014 200th Anniversary of Carabinieri |
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| 2015 30th Anniversary of the Flag of Europe |
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| 2015 Universal Exposition Expo 2015 in Milan |
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| 2015 750 Years since the Birth of Dante Alighieri |
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| 2016 550 years since the death of Donatello |
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| 2016 2200 years since the death of Plautus |
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| 2017 400 years since the completion of St Mark's Basilica |
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| 2017 2000 years since the death of Titus Livius |
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| 2018 70 years since the Constitution of Italy |
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| 2018 60 years since the formation of the Ministry of Health |
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| 2019 60 years since the formation of the Ministry of Health |
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| 2020 80th anniversary of the National Firefighters Corps |
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| 2020 150 years since the birth of Maria Montessori |
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| 2021 Health professionals |
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| 2021 150th anniversary of the proclamation of Rome as the capital of Italy |
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| 2022 The 30th Anniversary of the death of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino |
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| 2022 170th Anniversary of the foundation of the Italian National Police |
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| 2022 35 years of the Erasmus programme |
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| 2023 The 150th anniversary of the death of Alessandro Manzoni |
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| 2023 The 100th anniversary of the Air Force |
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| 2024 The 250th anniversary of the foundation of the Guardia di Finanza Corps |
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| 2024 Rita Levi-Montalcini |
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| 2025 Amerigo Vespucci world tour |  |
| 2025 Jubilee 2025 |  |