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Woman with olive branch
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60 DIRITTI UMANI
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Designer: Luc Luycx
Inner Rim Shape: Circle
Perimeter Decoration: Plain
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N		 KM# 281: Belgium 2 euro (2008)
KM# 302: Belgium 2 euro (2009 - 2013)
KM# 85: Cyprus 2 euro (2008 - Present)
KM# 1460: France 2 euro (2007)
KM# 1846: France 2 euro (2012)
KM# 260: Germany 2 euro (2007)
KM# 258: Germany 2 euro (2008 - Present)
KM# 276: Germany 2 euro (2009)
KM# 293: Germany 2 euro (2011)
KM# 305: Germany 2 euro (2012)
KM# 315: Germany 2 euro (2013)
KM# 334: Germany 2 euro (2014)
KM# 336: Germany 2 euro (2015)
KM# 367: Germany 2 euro (2018)
KM# 429: Germany 2 euro (2019)
KM# 388: Germany 2 euro (2020)
KM# 411: Germany 2 euro (2022)
KM# 412: Germany 2 euro (2022)
KM# 424: Germany 2 euro (2023)
KM# 157: Latvia 2 euro (2014 - Present)
KM# 195: Monaco 2 euro (2009 - 2024)
KM# 356: Netherlands 2 euro (2014)

General

WCDB ID
460
Country
Flag: Italian Republic Italy
Denomination
2 euro
Value
2 euro (EUR)
Dates
AD2008

Physical

Shape
Circle
Mass
8.50 g
Diameter
25.75 mm
Thickness
2.20 mm
Composition
Center: Ni-Brass plated Ni; Ring: Cu-Ni
Color
Center: Yellow / Gold; Ring: Gray / Black / Silver Center: Yellow / Gold; Ring: Gray / Black / Silver
Magnetic
Yes

Design

Orientation
Medallic: ↑ ↑
Edge
Milled/reeded with 6 inverting alternations of denomination and 2 five-point stars: 2 2 2 2 2 2
Tags
5-Pointed Star Map Line

Other

Subject
60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Type
Commemorative

References

Wikipedia
2 euro coin
Italian euro coins
Krause-Mischler
KM# 301
Numista
N# 3731

Related Coins

Previous Date
KM# 217 (2002 - 2007)
Concurrent
1 euro cent : KM# 210 (2002 - Present)
5 euro cent : KM# 212 (2002 - 2016)