Italian colored coins

2 euros - 750th Anniversary of Dante Alighieri

The second Italian commemorative coin for 2015 marks the 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri. Durante degli Alighieri, simply called Dante, was a major Italian poet of the late Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern ...

Krause - Mishler	N/A
Other information	Designer: Silvia Petrassi

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Type A - 2015	Unknown	-	View

2 euros - Expo 2015 World Exhibition

Expo 2015 is the next scheduled Universal Exposition after Expo 2012, hosted by Milan, Italy, between 1 May and 31 October 2015. It is the second time Milan hosts the exposition, the first being the Milan International of 1906. Expo 2015 is held under ...

Krause - Mishler	N/A
Other information	Legend: "Nutrire IL PIANETA" (Feeding the Planet) - Engraver: Maria Grazia Urbani

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Type A - 2015	Unknown	-	View

2 euros - 200° Anniversary of the Carabinieri

The Carabinieri is the national military police of Italy, policing both military and civilian populations (1814 - 2014).
It was originally founded as the police force of the Kingdom of Sardinia. During the process of Italian unification, it was appointed ...

Krause - Mishler	#367
Other information	Date of issue: 25 March 2014.

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Type A - 2014	Unknown	-	View

2 euros - 450th Years since the Birth of Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564. He was the oldest of seven children. His father was a musician and wool trader, who wanted his son to study medicine as there was more money in medicine.
His achievements include improvements ...

Krause - Mishler	N/A
Other information	Legend: GALILEO GALILEI - Designer: Claudia Momoni

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Type A - 2014	Unknown	-	View

2 euros - 700th Anniversary of the Birth of Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian author and poet, a friend, student, and correspondent of Petrarch, an important Renaissance humanist and the author of a number of notable works including the Decameron, On Famous Women, and ...

Krause - Mishler	#358
Other information	Designer: Roberto Mauri (letter «m») - Legend: "BOCCACCIO"

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Type A - 2013	Unknown	-	View

2 euros - 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. Some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture – such as "La donna e mobile" from Rigoletto, "Va, pensiero" (The ...

Krause - Mishler	#357
Other information	Designer: Maria Carmela Colaneri (MCC) - Legend: G.VERDI

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Type A - 2013	Unknown	-	View

2 euros - 100 Years since the Death of Giovanni Pascoli

Giovanni Placido Agostino Pascoli was an Italian poet and classical scholar. He was born at San Mauro di Romagna (in his honor renamed "San Mauro Pascoli" in 1932), into a well-to-do family. He was the fourth of ten children of Ruggero Pascoli and Caterina ...

Krause - Mishler	#355
Other information	N/A

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Type A - 2012	Unknown	-	View
Type B - 2012	Unknown	-	View

2 euros - 10 years of euro banknotes and coins

On 1 January 2002, euro banknotes and coins were introduced in 12 Member States of the European Union. The introduction of the euro cash was an unprecedented challenge, but it went smoothly, and billions of banknotes and coins started to circulate in ...

Krause - Mishler	#350
Other information	Designer: Helmut Andexlinger

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Type A - 2012	Unknown	-	View

2 euros - 150th Anniversary of Italian unification

Italian unification was the political and social movement that agglomerated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century. Despite a lack of consensus on the exact dates for the beginning and end of this ...

Krause - Mishler	#338
Other information	Designer: Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini

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Type A - 2011	Unknown	-	View