The Albachiara coin dedicated by the State Mint to the beloved song by Vasco Rossi, among the most beloved Italian songs of all time, arrives. Designed by Silvia Petrassi, the coin worth 5 euros will be in rhodium-plated silver. Vasco himself broke the news, enthusiastically, on his Instagram profile. “Resounding! The news in the Official Gazette is that a “brand new” rhodium-plated silver coin will be minted in 2024 as a tribute to Albachiara – wrote the rock star on her profile. On the one hand, the lyrics of the song. On the reverse, a girl is depicted holding books while walking “down the street eating an apple with school books. First of the “Italian Songs” series, for collectors».
Another recognition for the song that closed 2023 with the Siae Award and which now opens 2024 by officially becoming a national symbol, testifying to its immortality. Vasco wrote it in one go, in a very short time. «I was in the living room of my house in Zocca, while I was waiting to go out I took the guitar and wrote down the song inspired by that little girl I saw taking the bus from my bedroom window – he said over the years -. I had already almost finished the album of “We’re not the Americans” when Albachiara came to me. I told my record manager Mario Rapallo who, without even hearing it, replied that he would have included it on side B of the album. Third to last. And to say that today if I don’t sing it, they won’t go away.”