History
Bartolomeo Borghesi was born in 1781 in Savignano sul Rubicone. In 1821, he moved to San Marino, where he lived until his death in 1860. An epigrapher and numismatist, he corresponded with scholars across Europe, including Theodor Mommsen.
His complete works, published after his death, comprise nine volumes. San Marino has chosen a numismatist as the subject of this 2 euro commemorative coin.
The Council of the European Union authorized these issues on December 8, 2003; the coin was released a year later, in December 2004. It still bears the original common reverse: Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican only adopted the new map of Europe with the 2008 year of issue.