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The centre of the coin shows three young people with flags, and also the mint mark "R" and the year "2011". Written at the top, along the outer edge of the inner ring, from left to right, is "XXVI" and "G.M.G" from Giornata Mondiale della Gioventù (World Youth Day). At the bottom, the name of the...
The 27th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government will be held in thePrincipality of Andorra in 2020.Andorra, the newest and smallest member of the Ibero-American Conference, will host this meeting of the highest politicallevel, which comprises 19 Latin American countries together...
The design features the most well-monument in Rio de Janeiro, the “Christ of Corcovado”. There are young people surrounding the statue.
The design shows the effigy of Prince Honoré III. At the left is the inscription ‘HONORÉ III’ andat the right the name of the issuing country ‘MONACO’. At the bottom, in semi-circle, is the inscription‘1720 – Naissance – 2020’.
The design depicts an atmospheric steam engine for draining water from mines, the one constructed in the mining town of Nová Baňa in 1722 as the first of its kind in continental Europe.
The design depicts a “neuron with its synapses” in reference to the activities performed by the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, which celebrates 30 years of existence. The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics receives international recognition and plays an active and essential...
The design depicts in the centre the portraits of the two Italian judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, inspired by a picture of Tony Gentile.
Thirty years ago, the Berlin Wall fell. Beyond the impact on German society, it was an eventwith global consequences. On 9 November 1989, this occasion marks the end of the cold war and announces anappeasement after several decades of international tensions.
The design commemorates the 30th anniversary of the French "Fête de la musique" (Music Day), which first took place in France in 1982 and has since spread to many other countries. The purpose of this all-night music celebration on the summer solstice is to promote music for amateur and...
The two curves represent the general shape of a carnation, the flower which symbolises the movement and which was also the origin of the revolution’s name. The name of the issuing country 'PORTUGAL', and the Coat of Arms are inscribed on the top of the flower. The centre of the image shows the...
The design depicts the effigies of the Grand Duke Henri and the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa. Below the effigies, two wedding rings are preceded by the wedding date “14. FEBRUAR 1981” and followed by the year-date “2021”. The word “LETZEBUERG” designating the issuing country is depicted below. The...
The design depicts the penitent Magdalene, detail of the homonymous work by Caravaggio, kept at the Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome. At the top left is the inscription “SAN MARINO”, and underneath are the dates “1571-2021”. At the left are the initials of the author Silvia Petrassi, “SP”. At the...
The design features a boy with a basket of fruits, painted by Caravaggio. At the top, in semi-circle, is the name of the issuing country “CITTA’ DEL VATICANO”. At the left is the mintmark “R”. At the bottom is the inscription “CARAVAGGIO” and underneath are the years “1571-2021”. At the bottom...
The design has at its core a multi-lingual slogan from the cover of Bohorič’s Latin – Slovene grammar titled “Proste zimske urice”. The slogan in Slovene, written in bohoričica (the type of writing named after Adam Bohorič), which is easily recognizable due to the use of a typical letter f, is...
Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an painter, writer, and architect, famous for his biographies of Italian artists, and he is now considered the ideological founder of art-historical writing.The central part of the coin shows a detail of the painting by Giorgio Vasari "Giuditta decapita...
The coin depicts Bramante's portrait, and part of Tempietto (Italian: "small temple"), which is a small commemorative tomb built by Donato Bramante, possibly as early as 1502, in the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio and considered a masterpiece of the High Renaissance Italian architecture. The...
The design shows a detail of the painting “Dama con l'ermellino” (Lady with an Ermine) by Leonardo da Vinci (Czartoryski Museum in Krakow). On the left, the inscription “Leonardo”, the initials of the author Maria Angela Cassol “MAC” and the logo “RI” acronym of the Italian Republic; on the...
The design shows an angel in the centre, a detail from the painting "Il Paradiso" by Luca Signorelli, preserved in the Chapel of San Brizio in the Cathedral of Orvieto.
The design shows in the centre the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus, detail of the painting "Madonna with Child, Saint Sebastian and Saint John the Baptist" by Perugino, preserved in the Uffizi Galleries (Florence).
The The inner part of the coin shows a portrait of LUCIEN 1er Grimaldi in profile facing to the left. The words “SOUVERAINETE DE MONACO” appear above the portrait in an arc along the upper edge of the inner part of the coin, flanked by the years "1512" and "2012". Two ornamental details are...