Portrait of Count Camillo Benso of Cavour as depicted in a paint by Francesco Hayez. Ab both side a famous sentence by Cavour which sanctioned the absolute necessity of establishing a Court of Auditors. Mintmark at left, below the sentence.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
REPUBBLICA
E` assoluta | necessità
concentrare | il controllo
preventivo e | consuntivo
in un | magistrato
inamovibile
C. Cavour
R
ITALIANA (Translation: ITALIAN REPUBLIC It is absolutely necessary to concentrate the preventive and final control in an immovable magistrate)
Reverse description
Value in center with below the Maces of Justice from the Court of Audits of the Kingdom of Sardinia. The maces are crossed and at sides of their staff are the dates of the anniversary. above the value is the `tocco`, the typical hat of the President of the Court.
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
CORTE DEI CONTI
5
EURO
m
1862 2012 (Translation: COURT OF AUDITS)