Italy 2 euros 2004 - 5th decade of the World Food Programme (Colored)

Obverse of Italy 2 euros 2004 - 5th decade of the World Food Programme
Krause - Mishler KM# 237
Details The foreground shows the globe, tilted to the right and bearing the inscription WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, from which emerges an ear of wheat, an ear of maize and an ear of rice, the three grains representing the world's basic sources of nourishment.

To the right of the globe is the I superimposed on an R denoting ‘Repubblica Italiana’, below which there appears a smaller combination of the letters U and P, the initials of the engraver, Uliana Pernazza.

The 12 stars of the European Union are positioned around the outer circle
Specifications Diameter - 25.75mm Thickness - 2.2mm Weight - 8.5gr
Composition BiAlloy (Nk/Ng), ring Cupronickel (75% copper - 25% nickel clad on nickel core), center Nickel brass (75% copper - 20% zinc - 5% nickel)
Edge Combination of the number 2 and ** repeated six times
Comments Engraver: Uliana Pernazza

This coin has been artificially colorized

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