Italy 2010 – 2 euro Cavour UNC

2 euro commemorative

Italy 2010: 200th anniversary of the Count of Cavour’s birth

 The coin commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810-1861), a key figure in Italian unification and early Italian liberalism, and the founder of the political newspaper “Il Risorgimento”. It features a portrait of Cavour based on a painting by Francesco Hayez from 1864.

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