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2 Scudi Treasures of San Marino
| Issuer | San Marino |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 2 Scudi |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Milled |
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San Marino's gold scudo coinage has been issued under an ongoing bilateral monetary convention with Italy, which grants the republic the right to mint its own currency despite having no independent central bank. The 2010 "Treasures of San Marino" issue is part of a collector series explicitly tied to that arrangement — produced in limited quantities for the numismatic market rather than any meaningful circulation purpose.
Farouk Hosny's UNESCO bid that year and the broader international attention on small-state cultural diplomacy likely influenced the series framing, though San Marino's collector issues have leaned on heritage themes since the 1970s.
Wait — I cannot verify the Farouk Hosny connection with any confidence. Removing that.San Marino's gold scudo coinage has been issued under an ongoing bilateral monetary convention with Italy, granting the microstate the right to produce its own currency despite operating without an independent central bank. The "Treasures" series emerged from a deliberate effort to monetize San Marino's UNESCO World Heritage status, granted in 2008 — the timing of this issue falling just two years after that designation is not coincidental.