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Document C2023/166/05
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation 2023/C 166/05
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation 2023/C 166/05
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation 2023/C 166/05
PUB/2023/536
OJ C 166, 11.5.2023, p. 5–5
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
11.5.2023 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 166/5 |
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
(2023/C 166/05)
National side of the new commemorative 2-euro coin intended for circulation and issued by the Vatican City State
Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing the public and all parties who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs of all new coins (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of 10 February 2009 (2), euro-area Member States and countries that have concluded a monetary agreement with the European Union providing for the issuing of euro coins are allowed to issue commemorative euro coins intended for circulation, provided that certain conditions are met, particularly that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the same technical characteristics as other 2-euro coins, but their national face features a commemorative design that is highly symbolic in national or European terms.
Issuing country: Vatican City State
Subject of commemoration: The 5th Centenary of the death of Pietro Perugino
Description of the design: The design features Perugino’s portrait and a particular of the Baptism, fresco in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. At the top right, in semi-circle, is the inscription ‘CITTÀ DEL VATICANO’. At the bottom is the inscription ‘PERUGINO’ and underneath it the dates ‘1523◦2023’. At the left is the mintmark ‘R’.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.
Estimated number of coins to be issued: 82 500
Date of issue: May 2023
(1) See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national faces of all the coins issued in 2002.
(2) See the conclusions of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 February 2009 and the Commission Recommendation of 19 December 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 52).