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

5 Euros Commemorative Silver SAINT MARIN 2024

Theme: 100 years since Puccini's death
Quality : Proof
 Production run: 2,500 pieces.
 Silver 925 ? - 18 g - 32 mm diameter

 With the silver 5 euro coin, celebrating the centenary of the death of Giacomo Puccini, 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 personality as a composer and his melody. Thanks to his innate and immediately communicative originality and his sense of theatre and sensitivity, he created a body of work that has conquered theatres the world over. 

San Marino is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the artist's death, which took place on 29 November 1924 in Belgium, with a coin depicting the protagonist of one of his most famous operas: Madama Butterfly. The obverse features the coat of arms of the Republic of San Marino (A. Napolione), while the reverse shows, in the centre, a portrait of Madama Butterfly, the main character in 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 centre the letter R, identifying the Mint of Rome, on the right the value 5 EURO, at the bottom centre the name of the author D.LONGO and the initials of Annalisa Masini, who supervised the engraving, A.M.INC.

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925 Silver
Ø 32.00mm, Weight 18.00g
BE ( belle épreuve)
San Marino