San Marino 2021 450th anniversary Caravaggio
450th anniversary Caravaggio
On the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (short: Caravaggio), San Marino has issued this 2 Euro commemorative coin in uncirculated quality. Caravaggio lived from 1571 to 1610 and is known as an important painter of the early Baroque. The motive of the coin shows one of his works, the Maddalena penitente (Engl. repentant Magdalena), which was created around 1597. The commemorative coin is delivered in an illustrated blistercard.
Weight - 8.5 g.
Quality - BU (Brilliant Uncirculated)
Diameter - 25.75 mm.
Composition Bimetallic - nickel brass clad nickel center in copper-nickel ring
Circulation - 54'000 pcs.
Country of origin - San Marino
Year of release - 2021