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50 Euros Fauna in Art - Contemporary Age
| Issuer | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#401 |
| Obverse description | Within a beaded border, a draped female allegorical figure representing the Italian Republic stands facing slightly to the right, her right arm raised and holding a torch aloft, her left arm extended outward. The legend REPUBBLICA ITALIANA arcs across the upper field in two lines, divided by a six-pointed star. The engraver's signature V. DE SETA appears in small letters at lower left, and the Rome Mint mark K is visible at lower right. |
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| Mintage | 2016 R - Proof - 900 |
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This piece belongs to Italy's long-running "Fauna in Art" gold series, which draws on Italian museum collections to link natural history imagery with specific works of art spanning prehistoric to contemporary periods. The contemporary installment, issued in 2016, references source material from post-war Italian art — a deliberate institutional choice to position the Zecca as a patron of living cultural memory rather than strictly archaeological heritage.
The .900 fine specification is consistent across the series, matching historic Italian gold standards rather than the .999 purity now common in bullion issues.