The Official Blister 2011 contains the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cent coins and 1, 2 euros, as well as a commemorative 2 euros coin celebrating the 150th anniversarry of the Italian unification.
The Unification was a process that began in 1815 with the Congress of Vienna and the end of Napoleonic rule, and ended sometime around 1871 with the Franco-Prussian War. On 17 March 1861, the new kingdom of Italy was proclaimed in Turin. It was the culmination of almost 50 years of struggles, some political, some revolutionary and some open war.
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 commemorative 2 euro coin shows three Italian flags in the wind, representing the three anniversaries (1911, 1961 and 2011) and illustrating a link between generations |