The Croatian National Bank, in honour of Maruli\u0107’s anniversary year, is issuing a commemorative 2-euro coin. The motif on the commemorative coin features the portrait of the Croatian writer Marko Maruli\u0107, whose literary heritage has a historical and cultural relevance for the Republic of Croatia, which was the main motif on the obverse side of the 500-kuna banknote.
\nThe author of the design of the national side is Stjepan Divkovi\u0107, an academic sculptor. The coin was minted at the Croatian Mint and was issued in a quantity of 200,000.<\/p>\n
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Description of the national side of the commemorative coin: Technical specification: The commemorative 2-euro coin comes in coincard pack.<\/p>\n Take a look at the commemorative 2 euro coin “Marko Maruli\u0107” 2024 Proof:<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The national side of the commemorative coin features the main motif of the portrait of Marko Maruli\u0107. In addition to the main motif, the coin also features the inscriptions: the symbol for the Republic of Croatia “HR”, the year of issuance “2024.” and the name and surname of Marko Maruli\u0107 “MARKO MARULI\u0106”, which are inscribed along the coin\u2019s core.
\nThe coin\u2019s national side outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.
\nThe edge lettering of the coin features the text “O LIJEPA O DRAGA O SLATKA SLOBODO” (Oh beautiful, oh dear, oh sweet freedom) from the Hymn to Freedom, which is an integral part of the pastoral play “Dubravka” by the 17th century Croatian writer Ivan Gunduli\u0107.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The commemorative 2-euro coin is minted according to the technical specifications for the 2-euro circulation coin in accordance with Council Regulation (EU) No 729\/2014 of 24 June 2014 on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation.<\/p>\n