2023 San Marino Proof Set

Features

Issuer	San Marino
Mint	Rome
Year	2023
Issued quantity	2600
Number	N# S47

Description

Poste San Marino SpA – Philatelic and Numismatic Division has prepared a special collector’s set featuring the eight standard euro coin denominations along with two commemorative €2 coins from 2023, all in proof quality.

The two €2 commemorative coins celebrate:

the 500th anniversary of the death of Perugino, and
the 500th anniversary of the death of Luca Signorelli.

The obverse and reverse of the eight standard coins (2 euro, 1 euro, 50 cent, 20 cent, 10 cent, 5 cent, 2 cent, 1 cent) are identical to those currently in circulation.

The first commemorative coin features on its obverse the Virgin Mary with the Infant Jesus, a detail from the painting Madonna with Child, Saint Sebastian and Saint John the Baptist by Perugino, preserved at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence.
Pietro Vannucci, known as Il Perugino, was one of the great masters of the Italian Renaissance. His influence on his contemporaries was profound, and his works continue to captivate viewers to this day.

The second commemorative coin shows an angel, a detail from Paradise by Luca Signorelli, housed in the Chapel of San Brizio in the Cathedral of Orvieto.
Luca Signorelli, born Luca d’Egidio di Ventura, is regarded as one of the most important exponents of Italian Renaissance painting.