Italy 5 Euro Silver Coin 2015 Centenary of the Earthquake of Avezzano 1915 - 2015
On January 13, 1915 at 7:53 a.m. a terrible earthquake struck Marsica and Avezzano, its most densely populated town, was razed to the ground.
As to the extent of the earthquake-stricken zone and to the number of victims, wounded, homeless and residential areas involved, this tragic natural disaster doubtless represents one of the most violent and catastrophic seismic events in Italian history.
Obverse: the Church of St. Bartolomeo in Piazza del Risorgimento in Avezzano, rebuilt after the severe earthquake in 1915; in exergue, “AVEZZANO” and the name of the designer “COLANERI”; above, arch-shaped inscription “REPUBBLICA • ITALIANA”.
Reverse: above, vintage view of the Marsica with the Fucino Lake and the town of Avezzano; in the centre, remains of the Church of San Bartolomeo destroyed by the earthquake of 1915; below, the image is bordered by a seismogram and the record of seismic waves; on the left, the value “5 EURO”; above, on the right, the letter “R” identifying the Mint of Rome; below “1915 2015”, i.e. the year of the anniversary and that of the coin’s issue respectively.
SPECIFICATIONS
Denomination: 5 euro.
Metal: silver.
Fineness: legal 925 - tolerance ± 3‰.
Weight: 18 g - tolerance ± 5 ‰.
Diameter: 32 mm.
Designer: Maria Carmela Colaneri.
Mintage: 5000.
Edge: continuous coarse milled.
€ 40.
Issue: 20/04/2015.