5 euro – 150th Anniversary of the birth of Guglielmo Marconi and 100 years since the first radio broadcast in Italy

Stylized microphone, headphones and sound waves come to life, along with a portrait of the Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the telegraph, sitting behind a revolutionary radio transmitter, thus marking the beginning of the peaceful revolution of 'wireless' radio communications. Obverse: Portrait of a young Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the telegraph, sitting behind a radio transmitter used for his first experiments with the aim of developing a remote wireless telecommunications system. Below, representation of sound waves and the handwritten signature of the Italian physicist. In exergue, the dates "1874-2024", respectively the date of birth of Guglielmo Marconi and the date of issue of the coin; at the top, in an arch, the inscription “REPUBBLICA ITALIANA”; on the left the name of the designer “U.PERNAZZA”. Reverse: In the foreground, stylized graphic composition of figurative elements representative of radio broadcasts: a microphone, headphones, sound waves; in the background, the globe. Above, in the circle, the inscription “RADIO RAI 100 ◦ DA MARCONI A DIGITALE”, delimited by the colours of the Italian flag; below, on the left, the acronyms “URI-EIAR-RAI”, names of the Italian Radio and Television over the years, and “1924-2024”, respectively the date of the first Italian radio broadcast and the year of the coin’s issue; in exergue, the value “CINQUE EURO” and “R”, identifying the Mint of Rome. Coin with coloured elements.