2 €, Colored, Altamira Cave, Spain, 2015

Official colored commemorative 2 euro coin, weighing 8.4 grams with a diameter of 25.75mm, issued by the Royal Mint of Spain in 2015. It is the sixth coin released dedicated to UNESCO World Heritage cultural and natural monuments. The theme is the Paleolithic cave art found in the Altamira Cave in Northern Spain, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The design features a foreground of bison drawings from the Altamira Cave in Cantabria. The outer ring of the coin displays the 12 stars of the European flag. The Altamira Cave, located in Cantabria, Northern Spain, was accidentally discovered by a shepherd in 1868. The interior of the cave contains significant cave paintings depicting various animals and hunting scenes dating back 6,000 years. The cave is also referred to as the ‘Sistine Chapel of the Stone Age’.