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2 Scudi Inauguration of Confucius Institute in San Marino

Issuer Azienda Autonoma di Stato Filatelica e Numismatica
Year 2015
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Currency Scudo (1974-date)
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Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering REPUBBLICA DI SAN MARINO LIBERTAS A. NAPOLIONE
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San Marino established formal diplomatic relations with China in 1971, making it among the first Western microstates to recognize the People's Republic. The Confucius Institute inaugurated on the republic's territory was part of Beijing's global soft-power network that expanded aggressively through the 2010s, eventually drawing scrutiny from Western governments concerned about academic influence — a controversy that had barely begun when this coin was struck.

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