Description

The "Italian Excellence" series is dedicated to traditional Italian companies. The three silver coins included in the set have been partially colored so that together they depict the national colors of Italy.

Panini is an Italian company headquartered in Modena, Italy, named after the Panini brothers who founded it in 1961. The company produces books, comics, magazines, stickers, trading cards and other items through its collectables and publishing subsidiaries.

Forming a partnership with FIFA in 1970, Panini published its first FIFA World Cup sticker album for the 1970 World Cup. Since then, collecting and trading stickers and cards has become part of the World Cup experience, especially for the younger generation.

Up until 2015, Panini produced stickers and trading cards for the UEFA Champions League. As of 2019, Panini had license rights of football international competitions such as the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and Copa América, as well as domestic leagues including the Premier League (from the 2019–20 season), Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, and Argentine Primera División among others.

Artist: Annalisa Masini

Obverse

Depicts a Panini sticker featuring a football field and, in the centre, a player performing a bicycle kick. Below, on the left, a raised flap of the sticker uncovers a texture alternating the inscription “PANINI” and IPZS logo. Above, “REPUBBLICA ITALIANA”; below, on the right, “R”, identifying the Mint of Rome, and the name of the artist “A. MASINI”. Coin with coloured elements.

On January 15, 1950, in the football duel between AC Florence and Juventus, the probably most famous photograph of a footballer emerged. In the 80th minute Carlo Parola made a so-called "Fallrückzieher". This had not been seen before, so this stylistically perfect acrobatics entered football history. Just at the right moment, the photographer Corrado Bianchi maked the snapshot of the "flying player" and sold it to a newspaper. A few years later, this szenefoto attracted the attention of the Panini brothers. Giuseppe Panini fascinated the portrayal of strength and harmony, so he acquired the image rights. The photo of the "flying player" served the designer Walter Vaccari as a template for the unmistakable Panini football logo. For the first time it was released on the Italian Calciatori album 1965. The logo has been often reworked since then, allways up to date. The "flying player" decorates to this day many Panini football albums and bags.

Repubblica
Italiana
PANINI
R
A. MASINI

Reverse

Depicts a Panini sticker featuring a football field highlighting the logo “Panini”, the year of the coin’s issue “2022”, the inscription “CALCIATORI” (soccer player) and the value “5 EURO”. Above, on the right, a raised flap of the sticker, uncovers the same texture reproduced on the obverse.

5
Euro
Calciatori
EPM PANINI
2022

Edge

5 Euro

Italian Excellences
Panini Stickers - White

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Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Silver
Fineness 0.925
Weight 18 g
Diameter -
Width 26.3 mm
Height 35 mm
Thickness -
Shape rectangular
Alignment Medal
Mint
Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute (IPZS)

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