San Marino

2014

Commemorative coin

90th anniversary of the death of Giacomo Puccini

Official Journal of the European Union

The designs shows a portrait of the composer Giacomo Puccini. At the right the name of the issuing country, in semi-circle, ‘SAN MARINO’. At the left the inscription ‘G. PUCCINI’ and the mint mark. At the bottom the year ‘2014’. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Additional information

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) was an Italian composer of Verism. The most famous of his twelve operas are Manon Lescaut, La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot. The coin was designed after a portrait of Giacomo Puccini photographed in 1900.

Edge lettering

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