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2 Euros Giovanni Boccaccio
| Issuer | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The inner disc displays a relief map of the European continent rendered without national borders, positioned to the left of centre, with the face value 2 EURO inscribed prominently to the right. The engraver's initials LL (Luc Luycx) appear in the lower right of the field. The outer ring bears the twelve stars of the European Union, consistent with the standard reverse design adopted for all Eurozone 2 Euro coins. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the 700th anniversary of Boccaccio's birth, this coin presented an immediate historical headache: scholars still dispute whether he was born in 1313 in Florence or in Certaldo, and whether his father was resident in Tuscany or France at the time of his birth. Italy chose 1313, and the coin was struck accordingly. Boccaccio's *Decameron*, written in the wake of the 1348 Black Death, is one of the foundational texts of European vernacular prose — the anniversary gave the Italian mint a rare occasion to honor a literary figure rather than a political one.