Description:
Obverse
The coin shows an allegorical representation of Health with some symbolic elements of the activities of the Ministry: environment, research, food and medicine. In the left field, the monogram «RI», acronym of Italian Republic; above «R», identifier of the Mint of Rome; at the base of the female figure, initials of the author Silvia Petrassi; on the top, curved, the words «MINISTRY OF HEALTH», on the left, curved, the dates «1958 - 2018». The 12 stars of the European Union are depicted on the coin’s outer ring.
Reverse
A map, next to the facial value, shows the European continent without borders.
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