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25 Euro Michelangelo
| Issuer | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | At centre, a portrait of Michelangelo Buonarroti derived from the likeness preserved at the Casa Buonarroti Museum in Florence, rendered in high relief within the field. The background features the distinctive geometric star-pattern pavement of the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, itself a design attributed to Michelangelo, creating a layered tribute to the artist's architectural and artistic legacy. The legend REPUBBLICA ITALIANA appears along the periphery, accompanied by the engraver's name U. PERNAZZA. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBBLICA ITALIANA U. PERNAZZA |
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Italy has issued large-format silver kilo pieces in its "Arte Italiana" series for several years, with each edition dedicated to a figure or work of the Italian cultural canon. Michelangelo Buonarroti needs little introduction, but the choice of subject in 2025 aligns loosely with ongoing international attention to the Sistine Chapel restoration legacy — the major cleaning campaign completed in 1994 remains a point of scholarly debate, with some conservators arguing the cleaning removed original glazing applied by Michelangelo himself.
The Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome's state mint, produces these kilo issues in strictly limited quantities, typically under 999 pieces globally.