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Italian euro coins have a design unique to each denomination, though there is a common theme of famous Italian works of art from one of Italy's renowned artists. Each coin is designed by a different designer, from the 1 cent to the 2 euro coin they are: Eugenio Driutti , Luciana De Simoni , Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini , Claudia Momoni , Maria Angela Cassol , Roberto Mauri , Laura Cretara and Maria Carmela Colaneri . All designs feature the 12 Stars Of The EU , the year of imprint and the overlapping letters "RI" for ''Repubblica Italiana'' (Italian Republic). There are no Italian euro coins dated earlier than '' 2002 '', even though they were certainly minted earlier, as they were first distributed to the public in December 2001.

The choice of the design of the coins was left to the Italian public by means of a TV broadcast where alternative designs were presented, letting the people vote by calling a certain telephone number. However, the 1-euro coin was missing in this election, because Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (now ex- President Of The Italian Republic ), then Economy minister, had already decided it would sport the Vitruvian Man of Leonardo Da Vinci . Leonardo's work is highly symbolical as it represents the Renaissance focus on man as the measure of all things, and has simultaneously a round shape that fits the coin perfectly. As president Ciampi observed, this represents the "coin to the service of Man", instead of Man to the service of money.

For Images Of The Common Side and a detailed description of the coins, see Euro Coins .

  Header Depiction of Italian euro coinage <nowiki></nowiki> Obverse side
  Column 1 Width 150
  Column 2 Width 167
  Column 3 Width 156
  Denom 1 € 001
  Denom 2 € 002
  Denom 3 € 005
  Caption 1 The Castel Del Monte , a 13th Century castle in Apulia
  Caption 2 Mole Antonelliana , a tower symbolising the city of Turin
  Caption 3 The Colosseum in Rome , famous Roman Amphitheatre
  Denom 4 € 010
  Denom 5 € 020
  Denom 6 € 050
  Caption 4 The Birth Of Venus by painter Sandro Botticelli
  Caption 5 The futurist sculpture ''Unique Forms of Continuity in Space'' by Umberto Boccioni
  Caption 6 The Equestrian Statue Of Marcus Aurelius
  Denom 7 € 100
  Denom 8 € 200
  Header 9 € 2 Coin Edge
  Box 9 for a total of 12 stars
  Caption 7 Vitruvian Man , drawing by Leonardo Da Vinci
  Caption 8 Portrait of Dante Alighieri by painter Raphael



€2 COMMEMORATIVE COINS

See Also: €2 commemorative coins



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  Image:€2 Commemorative Coin Italy 2007 TORjpg50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Of The Signature Of The "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Treaty_of_Rome" class="copylinks">Treaty Of Rome (2007)