Editing Italian euro coins (section)

==History==
{{see also|History of coins in Italy}}
The choice of the design of the coins was left to the Italian public by means of a television broadcast where alternative designs were presented, letting the people vote by calling a certain telephone number. However, the 1 euro coin was missing in this election, because [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]], the then economy minister, had already decided it would feature the ''[[Vitruvian Man]]'' of [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. Leonardo's work is highly symbolic as it represents the [[Renaissance]] focus on man as the measure of all things, and has simultaneously a round shape that fits the coin perfectly. As Ciampi observed, this represents the "coin to the service of Man", instead of Man to the service of money.