Subject of the commemorative coin:
 100th anniversary of Giovanni Pascoli's death

 Description:
 In the foreground is a portrait of the Romagna poet Giovanni PASCOLI, a representative figure of Italian literature at the end of the 19th century. On the right are the year of issue ‘2012’ and the monogram of the Italian Republic ‘RI’; on the left are the year of death ‘1912’, the mint mark ‘R’ and the initials of the designer Maria Carmela Colaneri ‘MCC’. At the bottom is the arched inscription ‘G. PASCOLI’. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.