San Marino

2007

Commemorative coin

200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Garibaldi

Official Journal of the European Union

The inner circle of the coin features a portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi. The inscription ‘SAN MARINO’ and the year mark ‘2007’ are engraved along the circle on the left and right hand sides respectively. The mint mark ‘R’ and the initials of the author Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini ‘E.L.F.’ appear on the left hand side of the inner circle. The twelve stars of the European flag are depicted on the outer ring.

Additional information

Christopher Columbus (≈1451-1506) was an Italian navigator in Castilian services who discovered America in 1492 when he reached an island in the Bahamas. The portrait is based on a painting by Sebastiano del Piombo, with his name and the date 1519, together with his three sailing ships Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria, with which he crossed the Atlantic. At the top, under the inscription "SAN MARINO", there is a 16-ray sun in the form of a compass rose, a graphic means of representing winds and wind directions or cardinal points.

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