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).
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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 |
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| 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 Aurelius |
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The edge lettering features the number "2" six times alternated with ** for a total of 12 stars |
| Vitruvian Man[?], drawing by Leonardo da Vinci |
Portrait of Dante Alighieri by painter Raphael |
Other countries:
- Belgian euro coins
- German euro coins
- Greek euro coins
- Spanish euro coins
- French euro coins
- Irish euro coins
- Luxembourg euro coins
- Dutch euro coins
- Austrian euro coins
- Portuguese euro coins
- Finnish euro coins
| External links |
- European Central Bank (www.euro.ecb.int) (http://www.euro.ecb.int)
- Banca d'Italia (www.bancaditalia.it) (http://www.bancaditalia.it)