Italy 2015 EXPO Milano 2015

Expo Milano 2015

Milan in Italy will host attendees from around the world for  Expo Milano 2015

To celebrate the international exhibition, the Instituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato, the Italian State Mint, is issuing a circulating commemorative €2 coin.

For six months, from May 1 to Oct. 31 2015, Milan will host the Universal Exposition, an international gathering for nations to share and show the best of their food technologies to promote healthy and safe foods that are available to all mankind as a guarantee of a sustainable and peaceful future.

The obverse of the coin features the Expo logo and 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 this is the inscription NUTRIRE IL PIANETA, which translates to “nourishing the planet.

Weight - 8.5 g.

Quality - UNC (Uncirculated)

Diameter - 25.75 mm.

Composition - Bimetallic - nickel brass clad nickel center in copper-nickel ring

Circulation - 3'500'000 pcs

Country of origin - Italy

Year of release - 2015