Euro of Italy

Catalog of Italian coins in euro

The euro coins are eight, with values ​​of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents and 1 and 2 euro. They are characterized by a common face designed by Luc Luycx of the Royal Mint of Belgium, winner of the European competition for the design of the coins. The images of the common side represent three different maps of Europe, surrounded by 12 stars of the EU with a number indicating the value of coin. The other side is the national one, and shows different images for each country, surrounded by the 12 EU stars and containing the initials of the nation (e.g.: RI for the Italian Republic).

The subjects of Italian coins were chosen on February 8th 1998 by a televoting during a TV show, apart the 1 euro coin, chosen by the then Economy Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. The subjects adopted are:

  • 1 cent: Federico II castle in Castel del Monte;
  • 2 cents: Mole Antonelliana in Turin;
  • 5 cents: Colosseum in Rome;
  • 10 cents: detail of the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli;
  • 20 cents: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space by Umberto Boccioni;
  • 50 cents: Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius on the drawing of Michelangelo's Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome;
  • 1 Euro: Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci;
  • 2 euro: a portrait of Dante Alighieri taken from the fresco The Dispute of the Sacrament of Raphael Sanzio.
Obverse Reverse
1 cent
2002-
16,25 mm
2,30 g
steel, copper
1 Italian cent 1 Italian cent
2 cents
2002-
18,75 mm
3,06 g
steel, copper
2 Italian cents 2 Italian cents
5 cents
2002-
21,25 mm
3,92 g
steel, copper
5 Italian cents 5 Italian cents
10 cents
2002-
19,75 mm
4,10 g
Nordic gold
10 Italian cents 10 Italian cents
20 cents
2002-
22,25 mm
5,74 g
Nordic gold
20 Italian cents 20 Italian cents
50 cents
2002-
24,25 mm
7,80 g
Nordic gold
50 Italian cents 50 Italian cents
1 euro
2002-
23,25 mm
7,50 g
nickel, brass, copper
1 Italian euro 1 Italian euro
2 euro
2002-
25,75 mm
8,50 g
nickel, brass, copper
2 Italian euros 2 Italian euros

2 euro commemorative coins

2004
Fifth Decade of the World Food Programme
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2004
2005
1st Anniversary of the Signing of the European Constitution
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2005
2006
Olympic Winter Games in Turin
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2006
2007
50th anniversary of the European Union
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2007
2008
60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2008
2009
10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2009
2009
200th Birthday of Louis Braille
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2009
2010
200th Birthday of Camillo Benso di Cavour
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2010
2011
150th Anniversary of Italian unification
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2011
2012
100 Years since the Death of Giovanni Pascoli
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2012
2012
10th Anniversary of Euro coins
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2012
2013
200 Years since the Birth of Giuseppe Verdi
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2013
2013
700 Years since the Birth of Giovanni Boccaccio
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2013
2014
450 Years since the Birth of Galileo Galilei
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2014
2014
200th Anniversary of Carabinieri
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2014
2015
30th Anniversary of the Flag of Europe
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2015
2015
Universal Exposition Expo 2015 in Milan
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2015
2015
750 Years since the Birth of Dante Alighieri
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2015
2016
550 years since the death of Donatello
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2016
2016
2200 years since the death of Plautus
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2016
2017
400 years since the completion of St Mark's Basilica
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2017
2017
2000 years since the death of Titus Livius
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2017
2018
70 years since the Constitution of Italy
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2018
2018
60 years since the formation of the Ministry of Health
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2018
2019
60 years since the formation of the Ministry of Health
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2019
2020
80th anniversary of the National Firefighters Corps
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2020
2020
150 years since the birth of Maria Montessori
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2020
2021
Health professionals
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2021
2021
150th anniversary of the proclamation of Rome as the capital of Italy
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2021
2022
The 30th Anniversary of the death of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2022
2022
170th Anniversary of the foundation of the Italian National Police
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2022
2022
35 years of the Erasmus programme
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2022
2023
The 150th anniversary of the death of Alessandro Manzoni
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2023
2023
The 100th anniversary of the Air Force
Italian commemorative 2 euros 2023