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2 Euros Giacomo Puccini
| Issuer | San Marino Mint |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The standard European common reverse design by Luc Luycx features the large numeral 2 occupying the left portion of the inner disc, with a stylised map of Europe extending across the right side of the centre, rendered with relief detail showing national borders and coastlines. The inscription EURO appears across the middle right of the inner field. The outer copper-nickel ring is adorned with the twelve stars of the European Union, with fine radial line segments alternating between the stars in the upper and lower sections of the ring. The engraver's initials LL appear discreetly within the design. |
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| Mint | R Rome, Italy (476-date) |
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San Marino issues commemorative €2 coins under a special agreement with the European Union that permits the microstate — which uses the euro without being an EU member — to mint collector-focused pieces at volumes far exceeding what its tiny domestic economy requires. The 2014 Puccini issue marked the 90th anniversary of the composer's death, which occurred in Brussels on November 29, 1924, following surgery for throat cancer he had concealed from nearly everyone around him, including the cast mid-rehearsal of Turandot. That opera was left unfinished.