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The euro (EUR or €) is the common currency for most European nations within the European Union, including Italy. The euro coins have two different sides; one common, European side showing the value of the coin and one national side featuring a design chosen by the EU member state where the coin was minted. Each member state has one or more designs unique to that country.
For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see Euro coins.
Italian euro coins all have a design unique to one coin , though there is a common theme of famous Italian works of art from one of Italy's renowned artists. Each coin is designed by a different designer, from the 1 cent to the 2 euro coin they are: Eugenio Driutti, Luciana De Simoni, Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini, Claudia Momoni, Maria Angela Cassol, Roberto Mauri, Laura Cretara and Maria Carmela Colaneri. All designs feature the 12 stars of the EU, the year of imprint and the overlapping letters "RI" for Repubblica Italiana (Italian Republic). There are no Italian euro coins dated earlier than 2002, even if they were imprinted earlier for sure, as they were first distributed to the public in December 2001.
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| The Castel del Monte, a 13th cen. castle in Apulia |
Mole Antonelliana, a tower symbolising the city of Turin |
The Colosseum in Rome, famous Roman amphitheatre |
| The Birth of Venus by painter Sandro Botticelli |
The futurist sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space by Umberto Boccioni |
The equestrian statue of the Emperor Marcus AureliusImperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus ( April 26, 121 March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. He was born Marcus Annius Catilius Severus and at marriage took the name Marcus Annius Verus . When he was named Emperor, he |
| The edge lettering features the number "2" six times alternated with ** for a total of 12 stars |
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| Vitruvian ManThe Vitruvian Man is a famous drawing with accompanying notes by Leonardo da Vinci made around the year 1490 in one of his journals. It depicts a naked male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle, drawing by Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci ( April 15, 1452 May 2, 1519) was a celebrated Italian Renaissance architect, musician, inventor, engineer, sculptor and painter. He has been described as the archetype of the " Renaissance man" and as a universal genius. Leonardo is wel |
Portrait of Dante AlighieriDante Alighieri (May/June 1265 September 13/14, 1321) was a Florentine poet. His greatest work, La divina commedia The Divine Comedy , is a culminating statement of the medieval world view and the basis of the modern Italian language. Life Early life and by painter RaphaelFor other references to Raphael please see Raphael (disambiguation . Raphael or Raffaello ( 6th April 1483 6th April 1520 see note below), also called Raffaello Sanzio, Raffaello Santi, Raffaello da Urbino or Rafael Sanzio de Urbino was a painter and arch |
| Types of Euro coins | |
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| Eurozone: | Belgium | Germany | Greece | Spain | France | Ireland | Italy | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Austria | Portugal | Finland |
| Other: | Monaco | San Marino | Vatican |