2 Euro Commemorative coins Italy 2014

200th anniversary of the Carabinieri

The Obverse depicts the sculpture 'Pattuglia di Carabinieri nella tormenta', made in 1973 by Antonio Berti, with the circular inscription "CARABINIERI" at the base and the dates "1814" and "2014" on either side. On the right the monogram of the Italian Republic, above the mintmark "R". At the bottom, above the inscription, the author's initials. 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).

450 years since the birth of Galileo Galilei

On the Obverse the portrait of Galileo Galilei, taken from the painting by Justus Sustermans, a work of 1636 preserved in the Uffizi Gallery. At the top the circular inscription "GALILEO GALILEI" and at the base the inscription "1564*2014". To the left of the portrait is the monogram of the Italian Republic, to the right a representation of Galileo's telescope and the mintmark "R". On the bottom right is the author's initials. 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).