San Marino

2004

Commemorative coin

Bartolomeo Borghesi

Official Journal of the European Union

The twelve stars of the European Union positioned around the outer circle of the coin and the issuing year ‘2004’, positioned bottom centre, surround the bust of Bartolomeo Borghesi. To the left of the bust is the inscription ‘Bartolomeo Borghesi’, and one above the other are the letter ‘R’ and the engraver's initials ‘E.L.F.’. To the right of the bust is the word ‘San Marino’.

Additional information

The coin depicts the Italian historian and numismatist Bartolomeo Borghesi (1781-1860), in accordance with the monument to him in San Marino, created by Giuseppe Romagnoli in 1904. Borghesi moved there in 1821 and began publishing the Osservazioni numismatiche (numismatic observations) on the minting of coins in the Roman Republic. In 1838 he was sent to Milan as a representative of the Republic of San Marino for the coronation of the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand I as King of Lombardo-Venetia.

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