Italian euro coins

Designs of Italian currency

Italian euro coins have a design unique to each denomination, though there is a common theme of famous Italian works of art throughout history. 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, the overlapping letters "RI" for Repubblica Italiana (Italian Republic) and the letter R for Rome.[1] 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.

## History

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See also: History of coins in Italy

The choice of the design of the coins was left to the Italian public by means of a television broadcast where alternative designs were presented, letting the people vote by calling a certain telephone number. However, the 1 euro coin was missing in this election, because Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, the then economy minister, had already decided it would feature the Vitruvian Man of Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo's work is highly symbolic as it represents the Renaissance focus on man as the measure of all things, and has simultaneously a round shape that fits the coin perfectly. As Ciampi observed, this represents the "coin to the service of Man", instead of Man to the service of money.

## Italian euro design

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For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see euro coins.

Depiction of Italian euro coinage | Obverse side  €0.01  | €0.02  | €0.05

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Castel del Monte, a 13th-century castle in Andria | Mole Antonelliana, a tower symbolising the city of Turin | Colosseum, famous Roman amphitheater
€0.10  | €0.20  | €0.50
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The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli | Futurist sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space by Umberto Boccioni | Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
€1.00  | €2.00  | €2 Coin Edge
|  |  for a total of 12 stars
Vitruvian Man, a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci | Dante Alighieri, an Italian poet, writer and philosopher, considered the father of the Italian language

## Circulating mintage quantities

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Face Value[2] | €0.01  | €0.02  | €0.05  | €0.10  | €0.20  | €0.50  | €1.00  | €2.00

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2002  | 1,348,599,501  | 1,098,866,250  | 1,341,442,204  | 1,142,083,000  | 1,411,536,000  | 1,136,418,000  | 965,725,300  | 463,402,200
2003  | 9,637,000  | 21,555,000  | 1,844,000  | 29,714,000  | 25,893,000  | 44,563,000  | 66,230,000  | 36,098,000
2004  | 99,925,000  | 119,925,000  | 9,925,000  | 4,925,000  | 4,925,000  | 4,925,000  | 4,925,000  | 6,925,000
2005  | 179,943,900  | 119,943,900  | 69,943,900  | 99,943,900  | 4,943,900  | 4,943,900  | 4,943,900  | 61,943,900
2006  | 158,951,700  | 195,951,700  | 118,951,700  | 179,951,700  | 4,951,700  | 4,951,700  | 107,951,700  | 9,951,700
2007  | 214,953,000  | 139,953,000  | 84,953,000  | 104,953,000  | 4,953,000  | 4,953,000  | 134,953,000  | 4,953,000
2008  | 180,000,000  | 135,000,000  | 90,000,000  | 105,000,000  | 5,000,000  | 5,000,000  | 135,000,000  | 2,500,000
2009  | 174,952,000  | 184,952,000  | 84,952,000  | 105,952,000  | 59,952,000  | 2,452,000  | 114,952,000  | 1,952,000
2010  | 125,448,100  | 120,243,400  | 67,618,100  | 91,328,400  | 57,787,000  | 9,209,800  | 96,533,100  | 5,788,100
2011  | 133,691,709  | 109,158,400  | 37,096,565  | 76,119,500  | 67,758,340  | 5,000,000  | 98,033,010  | 14,065,890
2012  | 217,400,000  | 80,000,000  | 62,500,000  | 97,400,000  | 5,000,000  | 5,000,000  | 5,000,000  | 27,000,000
2013  | 243,460,000  | 150,100,000  | 80,000,000  | 15,000,000  | 15,000,000  | 5,000,000  | 5,000,000  | 10,000,000
2014  | 150,000,000  | 115,000,000  | 40,000,000  | 10,000,000  | 10,000,000  | 5,000,000  | 5,000,000  | 3,000,000
2015  | 220,000,000  | 120,000,000  | 30,000,000  | 10,000,000  | 5,000,000  | 5,000,000  | 5,000,000  | 2,000,000
2016  | 160,000,000  | 140,000,000  | 70,000,000  | 15,000,000  | 5,000,000  | 5,000,000  | 3,000,000  | 2,000,000
2017  | 260,000,000  | 150,000,000  | 80,000,000  | 40,000,000  | 5,000,000  | 3,000,000  | 3,000,000  | 2,000,000
2018  | *  | *  | 170,000,000  | 100,000,000  | 51,000,000  | 2,000,000  | 1,000,000  | 24,000,000
2019  | *  | *  | 90,000,000  | 110,000,000  | 85,000,000  | 20,000,000  | 1,000,000  | 12,000,000
2020  | *  | *  | 50,000,000  | 45,000,000  | 20,000,000  | 20,000,000  | 1,000,000  | 14,000,000
2021  | *  | *  | 60,000,000  | 50,000,000  | 35,000,000  | 20,000,000  | 1,000,000  | 25,000,000
2022  | *  | *  | 49,979,500  | 36,979,500  | 29,979,500  | 19,979,500  | 979,500  | 24,979,500
2023  | *  | *  | 69,977,000  | 49,977,000  | 36,977,000  | 19,977,000  | 977,000  | 21,977,000
2024  | *  | *  | 99,981,000  | 49,981,000  | 49,981,000  | 19,981,000  | 39,981,000  | 59,981,000

* No coins were minted that year for that denomination
** Data not available yet
*** Small quantities minted for sets only

## Identifying marks

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Main article: Identifying marks on euro coins

National Identifier | RI

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Engravers Initials | Different for each coin
€2 Edge inscription |

## €2 commemorative coins

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Main article: €2 commemorative coins

* 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome (2007)

* 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2008)

## See also

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* History of coins in Italy

## References

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1. ^ Eurocoins in Italy
2. ^ "Circulating mintage quantities". Henning Agt. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2008.

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