San Marino

2012

Commemorative coin

10 years of the euro

Official Journal of the European Union

The euro sign in the centre of the coin shows that the euro has become an element of particular importance in Europe as well all over the world as the euro evolved to a global player in the international monetary system in the last 10 years. The design elements around the euro symbol on the coin express the importance of the euro to the people, to the financial world (ECB tower), to trading (ships), to industry (factories), to the energy sector and to research and development (wind power stations). The initials ‘AH’ of the artist appear under the image of the ECB tower. The name of the issuing country ‘SAN MARINO’ appears at the top, the mintmark at the right-hand side, while the indication 2002-2012 appears at the bottom. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Additional information

San Marino, which does not belong to the European Union, adopted the motif of the joint issue of the 17 countries of the euro zone, "Tenth anniversary of the introduction of the euro", for its own commemorative coin.

Edge lettering

Designer