The Year Set consists of: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cent coins and 1, 2 euros (unc).
Italian euro coins have a design unique to each denomination, though there is a common theme of famous Italian works of art from one of Italy's renowned artists. Each coin is designed by a different designer, from the 1 cent to the 2 euro coin they are: Eugenio Driutti, Luciana De Simoni, Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini, Claudia Momoni, Maria Angela Cassol, Roberto Mauri, Laura Cretara and Maria Carmela Colaneri.
The coins issued by the Italian Mint show, as in a virtual travel through the centuries, some of the most representative masterpieces of the nation's cultural heritage, ranging over figurative and plastic art, literature and architecture. |