2 Euros Giorgio Vasari

2 Euros (Giorgio Vasari) - obverse2 Euros (Giorgio Vasari) - reverse

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Features

Issuer San Marino
Period Republic (301-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2011
Value 2 Euros
2 EUR = USD 2.16
Currency Euro (2002-date)
Composition Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring
Weight 8.5 g
Diameter 25.75 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
22596
References KM# 500,
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.
Schön# 508
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

500th Anniversary of the Birth of Giorgio Vasari

Obverse

The inner part of the coin commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574), a painter, writer, and architect famous for his biographies of Italian artists and now considered the ideological founder of art-historical writing, shows a detail of his painting “Giuditta decapitates Oloferne”. Centred at the bottom are the dates “1511-2011”, with the name “G. VASARI” and the designation of the issuing country “SAN MARINO” to the left and right respectively along the inner edge. The mintmark “R” is located to the left of the central motif and the letters “CM”, the initials of the designer Claudia Momoni, immediately to the right. The 12 stars of the European Union are depicted on the coin’s outer ring.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
G. VASARI
R
SAN MARINO
C.M.
1511-2011

Engraver: Claudia Momoni

Reverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: 2 EURO LL

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

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

Lettering: 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 *

2 Euros (Giorgio Vasari) -  obverse

© Cyrillius

Mint

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

Comments

Judith beheads Holofernes (circa 1554), by Giorgio Vasari.


A famous episode from the Old Testament, Judith has inspired many artists, including Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi and Giorgio Vasari.Automatically translated

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2011 R 130 000 $ 30 Folder BU

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