| Issuer | Italy |
| Year | 2004 |
| Type | Circulating commemorative coin |
| Value | 2 Euros |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring |
| Weight | 8.50 g |
| Dimensions | 25.75 mm |
| Thickness | 2.20 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Uliana Pernazza Reverse: Luc Luycx |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#237, Schön#242 |
| Obverse description | A globe tilted to the right bearing the inscription `WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME` with an ear of wheat, an ear of maize and an ear of rice coming out from its border. The three grains representing the world`s basic sources of nourishment. The monogram of the Italian Republic (and R superimposed over and I) appears to the right of the globe with a smaller combination of the letters U and P below, as initials of the engraver. To the upper left of the globe are the mint mark and the date with the twelve five-pointed stars in the outer rim representing the European Union. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME RI R UP 2004 |
| Reverse description | A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders. |
| 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 | 2004 R - - 16 000 000 |
| Catalog ID | 3854424800 |
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