Subject of commemoration: 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights
Description of the design: The inner part of the coin depicts a man and a woman with an olive branch, an ear of corn, a cogwheel and some barbed wire, symbols representing the right to peace, food, work and freedom respectively, along with the links of a chain broken to form the figure ‘60o’. In the centre of the coin are the initials of the issuing country ‘RI’; to the left the year 2008; to the right the initials ‘MCC’ of the artist Maria Carmela Colaneri and the mint mark ‘R’; at the bottom, a cartouche with the inscription ‘DIRITTI UMANI’.
The outer ring of the coin depicts the twelve stars of the European flag.
Number of coins to be issued: 5 million
Approximate date of issue: April 2008
Edge lettering: 2 ★, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted.
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