The Italian national bank will issue a €2 coin portraying the signing of the European constitution treaty in Rome one year ago.
On the national side of the coin, the goddess Europa holds a pen and the text of the failed European constitution, with the words "Constituzione Europea" written on the coin's outer ring.
Eighteen million coins, which are already being dubbed "coin-stitutions" will be minted for general circulation.
A commission spokesperson hinted however on Wedne...
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