The Department of the Treasury informs that from April 27th on a new 2 euro commemorative coin dedicated to Expo Milan 2015 will have legal tender status.
Coin description
OBVERSE: in the field a composition symbolizing the
fertility of Earth: on a semicircle standing for the terrestrial
globe, a seed fed by water and about to germinate; above the
Earth, a vine shoot, an olive branch and a sheaf of wheat
growing out of a tree trunk; above, arch-shaped inscription
“NUTRIRE IL PIANETA”; on the left, initials of the designer
Maria Grazia Urbani “MGU”; on the right, acronym of the
Italian Republic “RI” and the letter “R” identifying the Mint of
Rome; in the middle, logo of the EXPO MILANO 2015; all
around, the twelve stars of the European Union.
The coin is available at the e-commerce page of IPZS