Description:
Obverse
Head of the "David di Donatello", the bronze sculpture from the Museum of the Bargello in Florence. On the left side can be seen the monogram of the Italian Republic "RI" and below two lines of the dates of the anniversary. Above the head the mintmark and at right the letters "CM", initials of the designer Claudia Momoni.
The outer ring of the coin depicts 12 stars of the EU flag.
Reverse
A map, next to the facial value, shows the European continent without borders.
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