San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

is an enclave completely within

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. With little or no resources, the tiny nation has made income selling stamps and coins to tourists. From 1950 through the adoption of the euro in 1999 (by law, 2002 de facto), legal tender coins with dozens of ever changing designs have been produced in abundance by the Italian mint in Rome. These coins have been for the most part numismatically worthless, except for some silver and gold commemoratives. San Marino has been allowed the privilege by the European bank to issue euro coins, and since then has issues a number of gold and silver commemoratives as well as circulating 2 euro commemoratives. * 5 euro – silver –

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– 2005 * 10 euro – silver – Uniformed Militia – 2005 * 20+50 euro – gold set – The Scrovegni Chapel – 2003

2 Euro

Bimetallic * 2004:

Bartolomeo Borghesi Bartolomeo (also Bartolommeo) Borghesi (11 July 178116 April 1860) was an Italian antiquarian who was a key figure in establishing the science of numismatics. He was born at Savignano, near Rimini, and studied at Bologna and Rome. Having weaken ...

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) * 2005:

Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He wa ...

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physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

) * 2006:

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus * lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo * es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón * pt, Cristóvão Colombo * ca, Cristòfor (or ) * la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...

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explorer Exploration refers to the historical practice of discovering remote lands. It is studied by geographers and historians. Two major eras of exploration occurred in human history: one of convergence, and one of divergence. The first, covering most ...

) * 2007: Giuseppe Garibaldi (

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) * 2008: European Year of Intercultural Dialogue * 2009: European Year of Creativity and Innovation AASFN, www.aasfn.sm

5 euro in BU set

Every year the BU set contains a silver 5 euro coin

5 euro

In 2002–2009 a separate silver 5 euro has been issued every year.

10 euro

In 2002–2009 a silver 10 euro has been issued every year.

20 euro

In 2002–2008 a gold 20 euro has been issued every year.

50 euro

In 2002–2008 a gold 50 euro has been issued every year.

Sources

Lists of commemorative coins, San Marino Currencies of San Marino {{coin-stub