Feature: The 70th Anniversary of the Coming into Force of the Italian Constitution
Description: Enrico De Nicola, provisional Head
of State, signs the act of promulgation of the Constitution of the
Italian Republic on December 27, 1947; on his right, the Head of
Government Alcide De Gasperi, on the left, Umberto Terracini, President
of the Italian Constituent Assembly. Above, the inscription
‘COSTITUZIONE’ and the monogram of the Italian Republic ‘RI’; in
exergue, the inscription ‘CON SICURA COSCIENZA’, ‘R’, the mintmark of
the Mint of Rome, and the dates ‘1948 • 2018’, respectively year of the
coming into force of the Italian Constitution and year of the issue of
the coin. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European
Union.
