San Marino adopted its first comprehensive declaration of human rights principles into domestic law in 1974, but the 1988 commemorative series — of which this is part — was timed to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948. The declaration passed without a single dissenting vote, though eight nations, including the Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia, abstained.
Fr#43 is the standard Friedberg reference for this type; struck at the San Marino mint under Italian technical supervision, as was customary for the republic's gold issues of this period.
San Marino adopted its first comprehensive declaration of human rights principles into domestic law in 1974, but the 1988 commemorative series — of which this is part — was timed to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948. The declaration passed without a single dissenting vote, though eight nations, including the Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia, abstained.
Fr#43 is the standard Friedberg reference for this type; struck at the San Marino mint under Italian technical supervision, as was customary for the republic's gold issues of this period.