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2 Euros Giovanni Pascoli
| Issuer | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Thickness | 2.2 mm |
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| Obverse description | The inner disc bears a right-facing portrait effigy of Giovanni Pascoli, the celebrated Italian poet of the Romagna school and leading exponent of late 19th-century Italian literature. To the left of the portrait appear the year of the poet's death '1912', the Rome mint mark 'R', and the designer's initials 'M.C.C.' for engraver Maria Carmela Colaneri; to the right, the year of issue '2012' is positioned immediately above the Italian Republic monogram 'RI'. The legend 'G. PASCOLI' arches along the lower rim of the inner disc. The outer ring carries the twelve stars of the European Union in relief. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1912 2012 R RI M.C.C. G. PASCOLI |
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Issued to mark the centenary of Giovanni Pascoli's death, this coin commemorates a poet whose work had been politically weaponized decades after his burial. Mussolini's regime selectively appropriated Pascoli's nationalist rhetoric — particularly his 1911 speech "La Grande Proletaria si è mossa," which framed Italian imperialism in terms of working-class destiny — while quietly sidelining the more humanist, anti-war strains of his verse. The centenary framing in 2012 offered a quieter, more honest reassessment.
Pascoli died in Bologna on April 6, 1912, of liver cirrhosis, leaving his sister Mariù as executor of a literary estate that would remain contested for generations.