Description

Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi (1881–1954) was an Italian politician who founded the Christian Democracy party and served as prime minister of Italy in eight successive coalition governments from 1945 to 1953.

De Gasperi was the last prime minister of the Kingdom of Italy, serving under both Victor Emmanuel III and Umberto II. He was also the first prime minister of the Italian Republic, and also briefly served as provisional head of state after the Italian people voted to end the monarchy and establish a republic. His eight-year term in office remains a landmark of political longevity for a leader in modern Italian politics. De Gasperi is the fifth longest-serving prime minister since the Italian Unification.

A devout Catholic, he was one of the founding fathers of the European Union along with fellow Italian Altiero Spinelli.

Artist: Luciana De Simoni

Obverse

Portrait of De Gasperi; on the right, the name of the designer “L. DE SIMONI”; around “REPUBBLICA ITALIANA”.

REPUBBLICA ITALIANA
L. DE SIMONI

Reverse

In the foreground, the sentence Alcide De Gasperi pronounced on the radio on January 5th 1952 (I'll speak to you about the Europe of tomorrow of that Europe that we want to create and build); in the centre, the European Parliament in Bruxelles, with the 12 stars of the European Community and the coin's value “10 EURO”; on the sides, “2011” and the mintmark "R"; below, arch-shaped“ALCIDE DE GASPERI”.

VI PARLERO'
DELL'EUROPA DI DOMANI
DI QUELL'EUROPA CHE
VOGLIAMO IDEARE E COSTRUIRE
2011 R
10 EURO
ALCIDE DE GASPERI

Edge

10 Euro

130th Anniversary of Birth of Alcide De Gasperi

KM# 340
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Silver
Fineness 0.925
Weight 22 g
Diameter 34 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute (IPZS)

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