2 Euro Commemorative coins Italy 2008

60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Obverse depicts two figures, a man and a woman, together with the symbols of peace (olive branch), food (ear of wheat) and work (cogwheel). At the bottom, the inscription "60° DIRITTI UMANI", with the monogram of the Italian Republic above it, enclosed by the barbed wire symbolising the right to freedom. To the right the mintmark "R" and the signature of the author, in the centre the minting year. On the outside part are placed 12 five-pointed stars, representing the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value "2" on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription "EURO". Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with six "2" in incuse (repeated alternately from bottom to top and vice versa) and twelve five-pointed stars.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).