Description

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games (Italian: XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter Olympics, the first being in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo; Italy had also hosted the Summer Olympics in 1960 in Rome.

The 2006 Winter Olympics featured 84 medal events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports. Events that made their Olympic debut in Turin included mass start biathlon, team sprint cross-country skiing, snowboard cross and team pursuit speed skating. The classical men's 50 km and women's 30 km distances, which were held at Salt Lake 2002, were not included in these Games, as these events were alternated with freestyle events of the same distances.

Obverse

Depicts the official emblem of the XX Winter Olympic Games of Turin. The mint mark (R) on the left, the engraver's name on the right below, and the country name above.

The Games' logo depicted a stylized profile of the Mole Antonelliana building, drawn in white and blue ice crystals, signifying the snow and the sky. The crystal web was also meant to portray the web of new technologies and the Olympic spirit of community.

The Mole Antonelliana is a major landmark building in Turin, Italy, named after its architect, Alessandro Antonelli. A mole in Italian is a building of monumental proportions. Construction began in 1863, soon after Italian unification, and was completed in 1889, after the architect's death.

Engraver: Roberto Mauri

REPUBBLICA ITALIANA
R m
torino 2006

Reverse

Depicts the Equestrian monument of Emmanuel Philibert with the pictogram of the flame carrier. The date of the issue, the value and the engraver's name below. On top, the arch-shaped inscription “XX Olympic Winter Games”.

The Equestrian monument of Emmanuel Philibert (Italian: Monumento equestre a Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia), commonly known as Caval ëd bronz, rises in the centre of Piazza San Carlo in central Turin. The monument was completed in 1838 in Paris by Carlo Marochetti, commissioned by King Charles Albert of Savoy to commemorate the military prowess of one of an ancestors from his dynasty, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy. In the statue, the armoured duke with a feathered helmet, astride a prancing horse, sheathes his sword, to signify his military feats.

Engraver: Uliana Pernazza

XX GIOCHI OLIMPICI INVERNALI
U.PERNAZZA
2005
50
EURO

Edge

50 Euro

Torino 2006 Winter Olympics
Equestrian Monument of Emmanuel Philibert

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KM# 270 Fr# 1549
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Gold
Fineness 0.900
Weight 16.129 g
Diameter 28 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute (IPZS)

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