2 Euro Commemorative coins Vatican City 2014

25 years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall

On the Obverse, in the foreground, are represented some bricks of the partially collapsed Berlin Wall, on which is engraved the inscription "XXV ANNIVERSARIO DEL CROLLO DEL MURO DI BERLINO 1989 2014". In the centre, in a gap between the bricks and barbed wire, is an olive branch, while the Brandenburg Gate appears in the background. At the top, in an arc, is the inscription "CITTA' DEL VATICANO" and at the bottom the mintmark "R". To the left, towards the bottom, are the author's name "G. TITOTTO" and the engraver's initials. On the outside part are placed 12 five-pointed stars, the symbol of 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).