Italy, 2 Euro, Expo Milano 2015
2015 - Rome - Bi-Metallic - MS(65-70)
Commemorative issue Expo Milano 2015.
In the field a composition symbolizing the fertility of Earth: on a semicircle standing for the terrestrial globe, a seed fed by water and about to germinate; above the Earth, a vine shoot, an olive branch and a sheaf of wheat growing out of a tree trunk; above, archshaped inscription “NUTRIRE IL PIANETA”; on the left, initials of the designer Maria Grazia Urbani “MGU”; on the right, acronym of the Italian Republic “RI” and the letter “R” identifying the Mint of Rome; in the middle, logo of the EXPO MILANO 2015; all around, the twelve stars of the European Union.
A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.
Milano was the location for the Expo 2015, a great event on food and nutrition. For six months, from May 1 to October 31 2015, Milano hosted the Universal Exposition, an international kermesse where all participating countries showed the best of their food technologies to take on a world challenge, promoting healthy and safe foods which are available to all mankind as a guarantee of a sustainable and peaceful future.
Finely ribbed with edge lettering: six times the sequence "2 * * " alternately upright and inverted.
8.48 gr