Italy has paid tribute to the anti-Mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino by issuing a new €2 coin ahead of the 30th anniversary of their murders. The commemorative coin was designed by Valerio De Seta, based on Tony Gentile's famous photograph of the two judges who were close friends and were killed within months of each other in 1992.

Italy minted three million coins which have legal tender status across the European Union and came into general circulation on 17 May, alongside a special limited edition version for collectors. Falcone and Borsellino spent most of their distinguished professional careers as judges and prosecuting magistrates trying to overthrow the power of the Sicilian Mafia.