5 euro 50th Anniversary of the death of Totò

Obverse: Antonio De Curtis, an actor whose stage name was Totò, and his typical theatrical “mask” (portrait inspired by a photograph of Guy Bourdin/The Guy Bourdin Estate/Courtesy Louise Alexander Gallery); on the right, the name of the designer “U. PERNAZZA”; around, the inscription “REPUBBLICA ITALIANA”. Reverse: elements from the movie world encircling Totò’s typical hand gesture; above, “5 EURO”; on the left, Totò’s signature; on the right field, the letter “R” identifying the Mint of Rome; below, “1967” and “2017”, the year of Totò’s death and that of the coin’ s issue respectively.