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5 Euros Polar bear
| Issuer | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Engraver(s) | Maria Carmela Petrassi |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a color-printed central composition depicting a family group of three polar bears — one adult and two cubs — standing together on a drifting ice floe, with an Arctic rocky backdrop rendered in naturalistic hues of white, blue, and ochre. The legend ORSO POLARE arcs across the upper field, while 5 EURO is inscribed vertically along the right side of the field. The date 2021 appears in the lower exergue, flanked by the Rome Mint mark R. The outer ring retains the same stylized relief ornamentation as the obverse. |
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Italy's 5 euro collector series has leaned heavily on wildlife and environmental themes since the mid-2010s, with individual issues tied to WWF conservation campaigns. The polar bear edition sits within that run, produced in Bronzital — a copper-aluminum-nickel alloy developed by the Zecca specifically for Italian coinage and first used on the 200 lire pieces introduced in 1977.
Bronzital's warm golden tone oxidizes predictably with handling, which means raw examples show contact marks more visibly than cupro-nickel issues of comparable age.