Catalog
1° Torre - Guaita
| Issuer | San Marino |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Size | 145 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents La Guaita, the First Tower of San Marino rising above Monte Titano, rendered in a detailed illustrative style. The national coat of arms of San Marino is positioned on the note, accompanied by the denomination 20000 SCUDI and the issuer inscription SAN MARINO. Decorative border elements and the word LIBERTAS frame the overall composition. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a vignette of the Witches' Pass, the historic footpath connecting the First and Second Towers of San Marino along the Monte Titano ridge, rendered in an illustrative style. The national coat of arms of San Marino appears on the note alongside the denomination and collector's notice inscriptions. Decorative elements and the word LIBERTAS complement the overall layout. |
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San Marino has no central bank empowered to issue circulating banknotes — it uses the euro under a monetary agreement with the EU and has done so since 2002. This piece is almost certainly a commemorative or fantasy emission, a category San Marino has issued with some regularity for philatelic and numismatic collectors rather than for any transactional purpose.
The Guaita is the oldest of the three towers on Monte Titano, with documented fortification dating to the eleventh century. Whether the imagery earns the note genuine collector interest depends entirely on print run figures and issuing authority, neither of which the available data confirms.