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2 Euro (450th Anniversary Of The Birth Of Galileo Galilei)
Name:
2 Euro (450th Anniversary of the Birth of Galileo Galilei)
Catalog Code: km377
Country: Italy
Series: 2002~Today - Republic (Euro) Commemorative 2€
Theme: Astronomers, C.E.P.T. / Europe, Engineers, Maps, Mathematicians, Philosophers, Physicists, Stars
Issue on: 2014
Last Issue: 2014
Distribution: Circulating Commemorative
Mint: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Roma, Italy
Composition: Bimetallic
Composition details: ring: 75% copper, 25% nickel, core: 75% copper, 20% zinc 5% nickel
Face value: 2
Catalog Code: km377
Country: Italy
Series: 2002~Today - Republic (Euro) Commemorative 2€
Theme: Astronomers, C.E.P.T. / Europe, Engineers, Maps, Mathematicians, Philosophers, Physicists, Stars
Issue on: 2014
Last Issue: 2014
Distribution: Circulating Commemorative
Mint: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Roma, Italy
Composition: Bimetallic
Composition details: ring: 75% copper, 25% nickel, core: 75% copper, 20% zinc 5% nickel
Face value: 2
Currency:
€ - Euro
Diameter (millimeters): 25.75
Thickness (millimeters): 2.00
Weight (grams): 8.50
Edge: Lettered (reeded)
Mintage: 6531000
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Rim: Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
Shape: Circular
Subject: 450th Anniversary of the Birth of Galileo Galilei
Description: The coin shows Galileo Galilei's head as it appears in Justus Sustermans's painting, 1636 (Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi); around, in the top part, GALILEAN GALILEI; to the right, the superposed letters R (monogram of the mint of Rome) / telescope astronómico/C.M. (Monogram of the authoress, Claudia Momoni); to the left side, the letters superposed of the monogram of the Italian Republic "RI"; in exergo, 1564-2014.
Edge: 2*, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted; fine
Lettering: 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 *
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Designer: LL Luc Luycx / C.M. Claudia Momoni
Diameter (millimeters): 25.75
Thickness (millimeters): 2.00
Weight (grams): 8.50
Edge: Lettered (reeded)
Mintage: 6531000
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Rim: Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
Shape: Circular
Subject: 450th Anniversary of the Birth of Galileo Galilei
Description: The coin shows Galileo Galilei's head as it appears in Justus Sustermans's painting, 1636 (Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi); around, in the top part, GALILEAN GALILEI; to the right, the superposed letters R (monogram of the mint of Rome) / telescope astronómico/C.M. (Monogram of the authoress, Claudia Momoni); to the left side, the letters superposed of the monogram of the Italian Republic "RI"; in exergo, 1564-2014.
Edge: 2*, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted; fine
Lettering: 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 *
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Designer: LL Luc Luycx / C.M. Claudia Momoni
