2 euros coin 2013 Italy – Giuseppe VERDI
€3.00
2 euros coin
Diameter – 25.75mm
Thickness – 2.2mm
Weight – 8.5gr
75% copper – 25% nickel clad on nickel core
Mintage: 10 000 000 pieces
Date of issue: 20.05.2013
Description
200th Anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe VERDI
The design shows the bust of Giuseppe VERDI in three quarter view facing left; on the left, superimposed letters of the Italian Republic monogram ‘RI’/1813; on the right, R (monogram of the Mint of Rome)/2013; in exergue, MCC (monogram of the Author Maria Carmela COLANERI)/G. VERDI. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.