Date of issue: 11 October 2002
Designs by Uliana Pernazza
Minting: PROOF by I.P.Z.S., Rome
Fineness of silver: 925/1000
5 Euro: weight gr.18, diameter: mm 32
10 Euro: peso gr. 22, diameter: mm 34
Maximum run: 37,000 complete sets
The rear of the 5 Euro shows the twelve roses which represent the twelve countries of the European Union with the value of 5 Euro in the centre. On the 10 Euro coin, a newborn baby is shown, curled up fast asleep on a rosebud, enveloped in a globe and surrounded by the writing "Welcome Euro", a greeting to the new coin hurrying to enter our lives.
The three towers rising above the three feathers of San Marino make up the right side of both coins.
