Coin San Marino 100 years since Puccini's death - 5 Euros Silver 2024

5 Euro Silver Commemorative Coin SAN MARINO 2024

Theme: 100 years of Puccini's death
Quality: BU
 Mintage: 2,500 copies.
 Silver 925 ? - 18 g - 32 mm in diameter

 With the 5 euro silver coin, which celebrates the centenary of Giacomo Puccini's death, San Marino inaugurates the series of issues dedicated to the great composers of music. Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca in 1858 to an ancient family of musicians and became world famous thanks to his talent as an opera composer, his composer personality and his melody. Thanks to his innate and immediately communicative originality and his sense of theatre and sensitivity, he created a work that has conquered theatres around the world. 

San Marino celebrates the 100th anniversary of the artist's death, which occurred on November 29, 1924 in Belgium, with a coin representing the protagonist of one of his most famous operas: Madama Butterfly. The obverse depicts the coat of arms of the Republic of San Marino (A. Napolione) while the reverse shows, in the center, a portrait of Madama Butterfly, the main character of the opera of the same name, three butterflies in flight, a boat on the left and a musical score at the bottom. The coin is completed by the dates « 1924-2024 ? and the legend ? PUCCINI ?, in the center the letter R, identifying the Rome Mint, on the right the value 5 EURO, at the bottom in the center the name of the author D.LONGO and the initials of Annalisa Masini, who supervised the engraving, A.M.INC.