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Description:
Obverse
Antonio De Curtis, an actor whose stage name was Totò, and his typical theatrical “mask”, portrait inspired by a photograph of Guy Bourdin; on the right, the name of the designer “U. PERNAZZA”; around, “REPUBBLICA ITALIANA”.
Reverse
Elements from the movie world encircling Totò’ s typical hand gesture; above, “5 EURO”; on the left, Totò’ s signature; on the right field, the letter “R” identifying the Mint of Rome; below, “1967” and “2017”, the year of Totò’ s death and that of the coin’ s issue respectively.
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