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2 Euro - Guglielmo Marconi
| Issuer | Vatican City State |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Thickness | 2.2 mm |
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| Obverse description | The inner core features a three-quarter facing portrait of Guglielmo Marconi at centre, flanked by the profile effigy of Pope Pius XI to the right and the profile effigy of the future Pope Pius XII to the left. The arched legend GUGLIELMO MARCONI appears at upper right, accompanied by the commemorative dates 1874 and 2024 below it. The inscription CITTÀ DEL VATICANO is positioned along the lower edge of the inner core, followed by the engraver's signature L. PANCOTTO; the Rome mint mark R appears to the left. The twelve stars of the European Union are rendered on the outer ring. |
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| Obverse lettering | GUGLIELMO MARCONI 1874 2024 · CITTÀ DEL VATICANO · L. PANCOTTO R |
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Issued to mark the 150th anniversary of Marconi's birth, this Vatican commemorative honors the inventor who was a devout Catholic and received a papal audience with Pius XI in 1931 — the same year Marconi personally established and became the first director of Vatican Radio, a station the Holy See still operates today.