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The coin shows the treaty with the signatures of the six founding countries on a background evoking the paving – designed by Michelangelo – of the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, where the Treaty was signed on 25 March 1957, giving birth to the modern-day European Union.
The coin shows the treaty with the signatures of the six founding countries on a background evoking the paving – designed by Michelangelo – of the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, where the Treaty was signed on 25 March 1957, giving birth to the modern-day European Union.
The coin shows the treaty with the signatures of the six founding countries on a background evoking the paving – designed by Michelangelo – of the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, where the Treaty was signed on 25 March 1957, giving birth to the modern-day European Union.
The coin shows the treaty with the signatures of the six founding countries on a background evoking the paving – designed by Michelangelo – of the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, where the Treaty was signed on 25 March 1957, giving birth to the modern-day European Union.
The coin shows the treaty with the signatures of the six founding countries on a background evoking the paving – designed by Michelangelo – of the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, where the Treaty was signed on 25 March 1957, giving birth to the modern-day European Union.
The coin's inner part depicts the effigies of Their Royal Highnesses, the Grand-Duke Henri and the Grand-Duke Jean, both looking to the left. It is surmounted by the year "1964" above the effigy of the Grand-Duke Jean and by a crown. At the bottom, the names "Jean" and "Henri" appear below the...
The centre of the coin reproduces the signatures and seals of the Austrian State Treaty signed in 1955 by the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, France and Austria, thereby re-establishing Austrian sovereignty.
The design features the right profile of a portrait of Padre Pio. At the top, from left to right, in semi-circle is the inscription of the issuing country
In the centre is the profile of Federico da Montefeltro, detail of the painting "Diptych of the Dukes of Urbino" by Piero della Francesca, kept in the Galleries of the Uffizi (Florence). At the left side in semi-circle is the inscription “SAN MARINO”.
Head of the David by Donatello (detail of the bronze sculpture kept in Florence, National Museum of Bargello): on the left is the logo of the Italian Republic “RI”; below, on two lines , is written “1466” and “2016” and on the right, “C.M.”, the initials of the author Claudia Momoni; below...
The design depicts, in the foreground on the left, a portrait of David, being a detail of the bronze sculpture by Donatello. At centre top, the mintmark “R”; on the right, the name of the issuing country “SAN MARINO”; at bottom right, the inscription “Donatello”, the dates ‘1466-2016’ and, in the...
The centre of the coin features the Madonna and Child, a detail from Filippo Lippi’s ‘Madonnaand Child with Two Angels’; above are the inscriptions ‘SAN MARINO’ and ‘FILIPPO LIPPI’ and on the left are the year ‘1469’ and the letter ‘R’ identifying the Mint of Rome. On the bottom left are the...
This coin features a portrait of Christopher Columbus against a backdrop showing his three caravels – the Niña, Pinta and Santa María – and a wind rose. It commemorates the 500-year anniversary of his death.
This coin features a Swiss Guard taking the solemn oath to the Pope on the Swiss Guard flag. It commemorates the 5th centenary of the founding of the Pontifical Swiss Guard.
The design features a profile portrait of Nikos Kazantzakis, one of Greece's greatest 20th century writers. Inscribed along the inner circle, at the left, is the wording "HELLENIC REPUBLIC" and the name "NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS" (in Greek). At the top is the year of issuance "2017" and at centre left a...
The design commemorates the 600th anniversary of the creation of the Consell de la Terra(Council of the Land). It was a representative body created in 1419, predecessor of the Consell General (General Council),the parliament of Andorra.
The event, known as the first Portuguese territorial discovery, marked a historic milestone inthe consolidation of Portugal as a maritime power and gave rise to the Portuguese Age of Discoveries (1418-1522).The design depicts the Madeira Archipelago and the island of Porto Santo. In semicircle are..
Depicted in the centre of the coin are parts of a jigsaw puzzle showing a dove of peace, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the creation of the United Nations and the 50th anniversary of Finland becoming a member.
The inner part of the coin shows a human figure seen through a heart-shaped hole in a stone wall. The text ‘HUMAN RIGHTS’ is inscribed under the heart. The year mark ‘2008’ is engraved above the heart. The indication of the issuing country ‘FI’, the letter ‘K’ (initial of the artist Tapio Kettunen..
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...