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  • 2 Euro 2014, KM# 367, Italy, 200th Anniversary of the Carabinieri
  • 2 Euro 2014, KM# 367, Italy, 200th Anniversary of the Carabinieri
  • 2 Euro 2014, KM# 367, Italy, 200th Anniversary of the Carabinieri, Coincard front
  • 2 Euro 2014, KM# 367, Italy, 200th Anniversary of the Carabinieri, Coincard back
Description

The Carabinieri (Arm of Carabineers) is the national gendarmerie of Italy, policing both military and civilian populations. It originally was founded as the police force of the Kingdom of Sardinia. During the process of Italian unification, it was appointed the "First Force" of the new national military organization. Although the Carabinieri assisted in the suppression of opposition during the rule of Benito Mussolini, they also were responsible for his downfall and many units were disbanded by Nazi Germany, which resulted in large numbers of Carabinieri joining the Italian resistance movement. Since 2001, it has been one of the four Italian Armed Forces.

Obverse

Depicts a reinterpretation of the sculpture 'Carabinieri patrol in the storm' (‘Pattuglia di Carabinieri nella tormenta’) made in 1973 by Antonio Berti, dividing dates. The outer ring contains the twelve stars of the European Union.

In May 2014, on the occasion of the bicentenary of the Carabinieri, 'Carabinieri patrol in the storm' was recast and placed in Rome in the garden of Church of Saint Andrew's at the Quirinal.

Monograms:
RI: Italian Republic
R: Mint of Rome
LDS: designer Luciana De Simoni

R
RI
1814 2014
LDS
CARABINIERI

Reverse

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

12 stars are located on the right side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Luc Luycx, a designer at the Royal Belgian Mint, designed the Euro’s common reverse; his initials, LL, are seen on the right side of the design, just under the “O” in “EURO.”

2 EURO
LL

Edge

The sequence "2 ★" repeated six times alternately upright and inverted

2 ★ 2 ★ 2 ★ 2 ★ 2 ★ 2 ★

2 Euro

200th Anniversary of the Carabinieri

KM# 367 Schön# 360
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Cupronickel
Center Nickel Brass
Weight 8.5 g
Diameter 25.75 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute (IPZS)

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