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Italy stretches far into the Mediterranean in its distinctive boot shape, and looks back on the legacy of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. As a founding member of the European Economic Community (1957), it belongs to the EU's core nations. Italy introduced the euro in 1999 as a book currency and as cash in 2002. Its capital is Rome.
 | Repubblica Italiana – country identifier on all of Italy's 2-euro coins. |
|---|---|
| R | Mint mark of the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.p.A. in Rome. |
| M.C.C. | Maria Carmela Colaneri – initials of the coin designer of the 2-euro circulation coin and various commemorative coins. |
 | Uliana Pernazza – stylised initials of the coin designer of the 2-euro commemorative coin 2004. |
 | Georgios Stamatopoulos – initials of the coin designer for the joint 2-euro commemorative coin 2009. |
| C.M. | Claudia Mormoni. |
 | Silvia Petrassi. |
| MGU | Maria Grazia Urbani. |
 | Luciana de Simoni. |
| M | Roberto Mauri. |
| ELF | Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini. |
| ELF INC. | INC. Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini (2011). |
| M.A.C. | Maria Angela Cassol. |
| A.M. | Annalisa Masini. |
| VdS | Valerio de Seta. |
| AV | Antonio Vecchio. |
| MB | Marta Bonifacio. |
| E. FERRETTI | Emmanuele Ferretti. |
Most 2-euro coins from Italy are worth their 2-euro face value – only a few low-mintage issues or coins in top condition fetch more. Check your Italy coin by motif, year and rarity:
