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| Issuer | Italian State Mint (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Technique | Colored, Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a full-color cartoon vignette depicting Jak Mandolino, a character created by Italian cartoonist Benito Jacovitti: a yellow-faced figure wearing a black suit and blue top hat, holding a revolver, accompanied by a red devil character with horns and a tail gesturing behind him. A small cartouche in the lower right of the vignette bears the artist's signature mark 'jac 80'. The curved legend REPUBBLICA ITALIANA arcs along the upper periphery, while JAK MANDOLINO appears along the lower periphery in incuse lettering. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBBLICA ITALIANA JAK MANDOLINO |
| Reverse description | Central field displays a bold, full-color typographic composition spelling 'JACOVITTI' in large, stylized balloon-letter characters, each decorated with distinct colorful patterns including stripes, checkers, polka dots, and floral motifs rendered in the characteristic comic style of Benito Jacovitti. The denomination 5 EURO appears in relief along the right field. The date 2024 is inscribed vertically along the left field, the Rome Mint mark 'R' appears at the upper center, and the engraver's name MOMONI is incuse along the lower center of the field. |
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