2004 Italy 2 Euro Coin - World Food Programme

Commemorative issue

50th Anniversary of the World Food Program

Obverse

A globe tilted to the right bearing the inscription 'WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME' with an ear of wheat, an ear of maize and an ear of rice coming out from its border. The three grains representing the world's basic sources of nourishment. The monogram of the Italian Republic (and R superimposed over and I) appears to the right of the globe with a smaller combination of the letters U and P below, as initials of the engraver. To the upper left of the globe are the mint mark and the date with the twelve five-pointed stars in the outer rim representing the European Union.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
RI R
UP
2004

Engraver: Uliana Pernazza

Reverse

A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 2 EURO LL

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

Finely ribbed with edge lettering: six times the sequence "2 * * " alternately upright and inverted

Script: Latin

Lettering: 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 *