Coin San Marino 2 Euros Commémo 2023 - Luca Signorelli

This 2 euro commemorative coin was issued by the Republic of San Marino in 2023. It celebrates the 500th anniversary of the death of Luca Signorelli, an Italian Renaissance painter. The coin is presented in official blister.

The coin is bimetallic, with a center in cupro-nickel and a ring in cupronickel. It weighs 8.5 grams and has a diameter of 25.75 millimeters, with a thickness of 2.20 millimeters.

The central theme of this edition is the tribute to Luca Signorelli, an artist born in Cortona between 1441 and 1445. He studied in Arezzo in the workshop of Piero Della Francesca. He participated in the decoration of the sacristy of the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto and the Sistine Chapel. The angel reproduced on the coin is taken from the work "Blessed in Paradise", a fresco painted around 1500-1504 in the chapel of San Brizio (Cappella Nova) in Orvieto Cathedral. Signorelli died in 1523 in his hometown of Cortona.

The minting quality is Brilliant Uncirculated (BU). The mintage of this coin is limited to 56,000 copies. It was minted by the Italian Monetary Institute.

The edge of the coin is reeded and bears the inscription "2" followed by a star, repeated six times alternating right side up and upside down.