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2 Euro Dante Alighieri

Features

Issuer	Italy
Period	Republic (1946-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	2015
Value	2 Euro 2 EUR = USD 2.27
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# 74627 Numista type number (https://numista.com)
References	KM# 381, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. And 4 more volumes. Schön# 372 Gerhard Schön; 2020. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

750th Anniversary of the Birth of Dante Alighieri

Obverse

Dante with an open book in left hand and the Purgatory mountain behind him: a particular from illustrations of "Divina Commedia" by Domenico di Michelino (1417-1491), realized inside "Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore", Florence; at the center, monogram of Italian Republic “RI”; on the right side, letter “R”, Rome mintage; in basso, “SP”, engraver's initials and dates “1265 2015”, rispectively birth of Dante and issuing year.

Lettering:
DANTE ALIGHIERI
RI
R
SP
1265
2015

Engraver: Silvia Petrassi

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 *

Mint

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

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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
2015 R	3 485 000	$ 3.06	$ 2.83	$ 3.40	$ 3.40	$ 3.40	99%
2015 R	15 000					$ 5.95	3%	In coincard UNC

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