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60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Description

The coin depicts a man and a woman along with an olive branch, an ear of corn, a cogwheel and a length of barbed wire, representing the right to peace, food, work and freedom respectively, along with the links of a chain broken forming the figure ‘60o’. In the centre of the coin are the initials of the issuing country ‘RI’ – 'Republicca Italiana' – and at the bottom is a cartouche with the words 'Diritti Umani' – 'Human Rights.

Subject of commemoration

60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Date of issue

2008-04-10

Issuing country

Italy

Coin image

60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights coin

Official Journal

C089 10.04.2008

Issuing volume

5000000