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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;petronius, post: 1723958, member: 37365&quot;]On June 7, three days ago, should have been issued a new coin from Republic of San Marino, a commemorative 2 Euro dedicated to John F. Kennedy, on 50th Anniversary of his death.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, unfortunately, we&#039;ll never see this coin....why?</p><p><br /></p><p>The European Union stopped issue of this coin, because it did not feel right that on an European currency was showed a non-European Chief of State, and a person foreign to the history of San Marino.</p><p>So, San Marino will issue a commemorative 2 Euro for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinturicchio" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinturicchio" rel="nofollow">Pinturicchio</a>, Italian painter, on 500th Anniversary of his death. The coin will be released on September-October.</p><p><br /></p><p>For 2 Euro JFK remains only a model, designed by Luciana De Simoni, which suggests that it would been a really nice coin...I think that is lost a great opportunity to have a coin that would&nbsp; interested many, also outside of traditional Euro coins collectors <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]267748.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Description of the coin, by San Marino Numismatic Office:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;The obverse side of this coin depicts a portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and in the background the national flag of the United States of America; to the left the dates, 1963-2013, respectively the year of Kennedy&#039;s death and the year of issue. To the right, arched, the writing SAN MARINO, and the symbol of Italian Mint, R. Below the writing J.F. KENNEDY. The twelve stars of the European Union encircle the coin.&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>petronius <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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