San Marino Euro Coins
San Marino was one of the founding members of the Euro zone and started minting coins in 2002.The Commemorative Coins are stunning and that of 2010 perhaps the most attractive of all Commemorative Coins. Check it out!
Some basic facts relating to San Marino.
San Marino is one of the three states (the others are Monaco and the Vatican) that, although not members of the European Union, nevertheless issue their own Euro Coins.
San Marino is, by the way, the world's oldest surviving republic.
Normal Currency Coins.
San Marino is one of the few members of the Eurozone that has a different motif for each of the eight coins. The San Marino Euro Coins all depict buildings and monuments in San Marino.
1 cent - This shows the third tower (Il Montale) dating from the 13th century.
2 cent - San Marino's own "Statue of Liberty" created by the sculptor Stefano Galletti.
5 cent - This shows the first tower (La Guaita) which hails from around the 11th century.
10 cent - Basilica of St. Marinus(Basilica del Santo) built in 1826.
20 cent - Depicted is St. Marinus , founder of San Marino. The founding date 301 A.D.
50 cent - The three towers of San Marino. (La Guaita, La Cesta and Il Montale)
1 Euro - San Marino Coat of Arms.
2 Euro - Government Palace (Palazzo Pubblico)
Two Euro Coin Rim
Around the rim of the Two Euro Coin appear the number "2" followed by "*".
This
repeated six times.
Each "2" is inverted with respect to the preceding and following "2".
San Marino Commemorative Two Euro Coins.
San Marino has produced a wonderful set of Two Euro Commemorative Coins, not missing a year since the commemoratives started in 2004.
Although the three non European Union members in the Eurozone do not participate in the common issues, San Marino issued a coin in 2012 having exactly the same motif as the common issue of that year (10 year commemoration of the Euro as official currency).
So in effect they "cheated" or if you prefer circumvented that regulation. At any rate , as collectors, I'm sure we're all pleased they did.
2004 - Bartolomeo Borghesi -a San Marino historian and numismatist.
Date of issue : 16.12.2004
Issuing Volume : 110,000
2005 - Celebrating the year of physics - the image of the famous scientist Galileo Galilei.
Date of issue : 14.10.2005
Issuing Volume : 130,000
2006 - 500th anniversary of the death of Cristopher Columbus.
Date of issue : 17.10.2006
Issuing Volume : 120,000
2007 - 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Garibaldi - a major figure in the unification and founding of Italy as a national state.
Date of issue : 09.10.2007
Issuing Volume : 130,000
2008 - European Year of Intercultural Dialogue - depicted are five human silhouettes representing the five regions within the European continent.
Date of issue : 20.05.2008
Issuing Volume : 130,000
2009 - European year of Creativity and Innovation. In the inner ring a test tube, a compass and a flask - all representing research -are depicted. Also to be seen is a book .
Date of issue : 05.09.2009
Issuing Volume : 130,000
2010 - 500th anniversary of the death of Sandro Botticelli - an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance.
Date of issue : 07.09.2010
Issuing Volume : 130,000
2011 - 500th anniversary of the birth of Giorgio Vasari - an Italian architect and court painter of the Medici's.
Date of issue : 04.06.2011
Issuing Volume : 130,000
2012 - 10th anniversary of Euro Coins and Banknotes.
Date of issue : 12.06.2012
Issuing Volume : 130,000
2013 - 500th anniversary of the death of the Renaissance painter Bernadino di Betto di Biagio normally known as Pinturicchios.
Date of issue : 13.09.2013
Issuing Volume : 115.000
2014 - 500th anniversary of the death of Donato Bramantes.
Date of issue : 23.06.2014
Issuing Volume : 114.000
2014 - 90th anniversary of the death of Puccini.
Date of issue : 29.09.2014
Issuing Volume : 100.000
2015 - 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri.
Date of issue : 08.04.2015
Issuing Volume : 104.000
2015 - 25th anniversary of German unification.
Date of issue : 15.09.2015
Issuing Volume : 250.000
2016 - 550th anniversary of the death of Donatello.
Date of issue : 05.04.2016
Issuing Volume : 85.000
2016 - 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare.
Date of issue : 22.09.2016
Issuing Volume : 85.000
2017 - 750th anniversary of the birth of Giotto di Bondone.
Date of issue : 30.03.2017
Issuing Volume : 80.000
2017 - International Year of Sustainable Tourism.
Date of issue : 31.08.2017
Issuing Volume : 70.500
2018 - 500th Anniversary of the birth of Jacobo Tintorettos.
Date of issue : 05.04.2018
Issuing Volume : 60.500
2018 – 420th Anniversary of the birth of Gian Lorenzo Berlini.
Date of
issue : 20.09.2018
Issuing Volume : 63.100
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