Italy Euro Coins

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Italian euro coins have a design unique to each denomination, 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 though they were certainly minted earlier, as they were first distributed to the public in December 2001.

Italy Euro Coins

€ 0.01
Observe: The Castel del Monte, a 13th century castle in Apulia
€ 0.02
Observe: Mole Antonelliana, a tower symbolising the city of Turin
€ 0.05
Observe: The Colosseum in Rome, famous Roman amphitheatre
€ 0.10
Observe: The Birth of Venus by painter Sandro Botticelli
€ 0.20
Observe: The futurist sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space by Umberto Boccioni
€ 0.50
Observe: The Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
€ 1
Observe: Vitruvian Man, drawing by Leonardo da Vinci
€ 2
Edge: The edge lettering features the words
Observe: Portrait of Dante Alighieri by painter Raphael

€ 2 Commemorative Coins

€ 2
Observe: Fifth Decade of the World Food Programme
Year: 2004
€ 2
Observe: 1st Anniversary of the Signing of the European Constitution
Year: 2005
€ 2
Observe: Winter Olympics in Turin 2006
Year: 2006
€ 2
Observe: 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Year: 2008
€ 2
Observe: 200th Anniversary of birth of Louis Braille
Year: 2009
€ 2
Observe: 200th anniversary of birth of Camillo Benso
Year: 2010
€ 2
Observe: 150th anniversary of unification of Italy
Year: 2011
€ 2
Observe: 100th Anniversary of the Death of Giovanni Pascoli
Year: 2012
€ 2
Observe: 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Giuseppe Verdi
Year: 2013
€ 2
Observe: 700th Anniversary of the Birth of Giovanni Boccaccio
Year: 2013
€ 2
Observe: 200th Anniversary of the Carabinieri
Year: 2014
€ 2
Observe: 450th Anniversary of the birth of Galileo Galilei
Year: 2014
€ 2
Observe: 750th Anniversary of the Birth of Dante Alighieri
Year: 2015
€ 2
Observe: EXPO Milan 2015
Year: 2015
€ 2
Observe: 2200th Anniversary of the Death of Tito Maccio Plauto
Year: 2016
€ 2
Observe: 500th Anniversary of the Death of Donatello
Year: 2016
€ 2
Observe: Bimillenary of the death of Titus Livius
Year: 2017
€ 2
Observe: 400th Anniversary of the completion of the Basilica of San Marco in Venice
Year: 2017
€ 2
Observe: The 60th Anniversary of the establishment of the Italian Ministry of Health
Year: 2018
€ 2
Observe: The 70th Anniversary of the Coming into Force of the Italian Constitution
Year: 2018
€ 2
Observe: The 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci
Year: 2019

Source: European Central Bank and Wikipedia