20 Lire The earth today

20 Lire (The earth today) - obverse20 Lire (The earth today) - reverse

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Features

Issuer San Marino
Period Republic (301-date)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
Year 1999
Value 20 Lire (20 SML)
Currency Lira (1864-2001)
Composition Aluminium bronze
Weight 3.6 g
Diameter 21.25 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 1 March 2002
Number
N#
13649
References KM# 390
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

The earth today

Series: Toward the third millennium - Man & the exploration of his world

Obverse

Bust facing, holding flame in cupped hands, surrounded by celestial objects.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBBLICA DI
SAN MARINO
G.GIULIANELLI MOD.
F.FILANCI DIS.

Engraver: Claudia Momoni

Designers: Franco Filanci, Giovanni Giulianelli

Reverse

Spherical earth as seen from moon. Date and value at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1999
R L. 20
Y.ABDEL KALIK

Engraver: Claudia Momoni

Designer: Abd El Kalik Yhia

Edge

Smooth

Mint

R Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome, Italy (1911-date)

Comments

The earth today. It is a world now known in its entirety of which Man, thanks to technology, has discovered the rotation motions and the location in Space, and which from Space - the Moon that can be glimpsed in the lower part - now he can also observe it.

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