The design features the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. At the left, in semi-circle is the inscription of the issuing country ‘CITTÀ DEL VATICANO’. At the right, in semi-circle, are the inscriptions ‘CAPPELLA SISTINA — FINE DEI RESTAURI’ and ‘1994-2019’. At the right side is the mintmark ‘R’ and at the bottom the name of the artist ‘D. LONGO’. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
CITTA` DEL VATICANO CAPPELLA SISTINA -
FINE DEI RESTAURI
1994 – 2019
R
D. LONGO (Translation: VATICAN CITY SISTINE CHAPEL - END OF THE RESTORATION 1994 – 2019 R D. LONGO)
Reverse description
A map of the European continent is represented on a dynamic canvas composed of the twelve stars of the European Union.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
2 EURO
LL
Edge
Finely ribbed with edge lettering: six times the sequence `2 * `
Mint
R Rome, Italy (476-date)
Mintage
2019 R - BU Version - 69 000 2019 R - Proof Version - 10 000