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2 Euro Rome

Features

Issuer	Italy
Period	Republic (1946-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	2021
Value	2 Euro 2 EUR = USD 2.20
Currency	Euro (2002-date)
Composition	Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel center 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# 268102

Commemorative issue

150th Anniversary of the proclamation of Rome as the Capital of Italy

Obverse

Detail of Dea Roma, sculpture by Angelo Zanelli inserted in the center of the Altare della Patria, a large votive altar dedicated to the Italian nation set in the Vittoriano complex in Rome. Above, the legend “ROMA CAPITALE”; on the right, the dates “•1871•2021•”, the year of the proclamation of Rome as the Capital of Italy and that of the coin’s issue respectively; on the left, “RI”, acronym of the Italian Republic, and “R”, identifying the Mint of Rome; in exergue, “UP”, initials of the designer Uliana Pernazza; around, the twelve stars of the European Union.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ROMA CAPITALE · 1871 · 2021 ·
RI
R
UP

Designer: Uliana Pernazza

Reverse

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
12 stars are located on the right side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2 EURO
LL

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

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

Script: Latin

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

Mint

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

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Date	Mintage	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
2021 R	3 000 000	$ 2.90	$ 2.90	$ 3.40	$ 3.70	95%
2021 R	12 000				$ 16	3%	BU coincard
2021 R	8 500				$ 38	1.9%	Proof version (proof set 1500 + 7000 proof coin)
2021 R	250 000				$ 3.60	1.4%	Special coin rolls

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