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
