2 Euros Maria Montessori, Italy

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

Luc Luycx

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A portrait of Maria Montessori in a geometric composition with some didactic elements drawn from her educational system. In the right field, ‘RI’, an acronym of the Italian Republic; on the left, ‘R’, identifying the Mint of Rome; on the right, ‘LDS’, initials of the designer Luciana De Simoni; at the top and bottom, the dates ‘1870’ and ‘2020’, the year of birth of the Italian pedagogue and that of coin’s issue, respectively; around the portrait, the inscription ‘MARIA MONTESSORI’. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Luciana De Simoni

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