2 Euros - Benedictus XVI International Year of Astronomy, Vatican City

A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.

Luc Luycx

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This coin was issued on the occasion of the International Year of Astronomy. The inner part of the coin depicts an allegory of the birth of the stars and planets together with several astronomical instruments. The design is inspired by Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.

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Finely ribbed with edge lettering: six times the sequence 2 * alternately upright and inverted