| Description : William Shakespeare (1564‐1616) was an English playwright,
lyricist and actor whose comedies and tragedies are among the most important stage plays in world literature. He had an
extensive vocabulary ‐ almost 18,000 different words are counted in his works. Characteristic of Shakespeare is his
stylistic diversity, mastering all levels of language from the lowest gutter language to the highest court language. He is
depicted after the portrait by Martin Droeshout published in 1623. On the left is the inscription "William Shakespeare" in
a semicircle, on the right are the dates "1616‐2016" and the name of the issuing country "San Marino". On the bottom
left is the letter "R" the mint mark of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome, on the
right the signet "MB" of the coin designer Matt Bonaccorsi. |
