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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 770500, member: 39&quot;]That one is a 20 cent piece from Italy. (The &quot;RI&quot; between the 9 and 10 o&#039;clock stars is for Repubblica Italiana.) Yes, it looks interesting although, or maybe because, it probably is the least known of the art/architecture works depicted on the Italian euro circulation coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The actual sculpture depicted can be found in various museums around the world; one is in the MOMA in New York. Here is some info <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Boccioni" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Boccioni" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Boccioni</a> about the artist. The mid-range coins (10, 20, 50 ct) all have this color; the material, some brass variety, is called Nordic Gold. And after a couple of years in circulation, those NG pieces do not look that cool and shiny any more. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> But the shape, called Spanish Flower, is interesting too ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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