2 Euro Galileo Galilei

Features

Country	Italy
Period	Republic (1946-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	2014
Value	2 Euro 2 EUR = 2.21 USD
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
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
References	KM# 377, Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Schön# 359 Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag)

Commemorative issue

450th Anniversary of the Birth of Galileo Galilei

Obverse

The design shows the head of Galileo Galilei from the painting of Justus Sustermans, 1636 (Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi); around, upside, GALILEO GALILEI; on the right, superimposed letters R (monogram of the Mint of Rome)/astronomic telescope/C.M. (monogram of the Author Claudia Momoni); on the left, superimposed letters of the Italian Republic monogram ‘RI’; in exergue 1564-2014. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.

Lettering:
GALILEO GALILEI
RI R
C.M.
1564·2014

Engraver: Claudia Momoni

Reverse

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

Lettering: 2 EURO LL

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

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

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

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Year	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
2014 R	6,469,000	2.21	2.21	2.21	2.76	3.31	98%
2014 R	15,000						0.7%	BU - From mintset (10 coins)
2014 R	12,000						1.9%	BU - From mintset (9 coins)
2014 R	4,000						1.1%	Proof - From proof mintset (10 coins)

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