Hello! I really hope someone can help me out with this. I recently purchased a 1919 Italian 10 Centesimi coin and I really want some good history and info on it. Any information would be fantastic! But I would really like to know why the honeybee was the image chosen for the coin. What is the significance? Pictures of my coin are attached. I know the grade of my coin isn't fantastic, but if someone could give me a ballpark value that would be helpful too! Thank you!!!
Honey bees have for a very long time been symbols of a society that hard work, and often are used on coins, banknotes and any other place you might put a bee, by governments or rulers who want to encourage this theme. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_(mythology)
Before Norway discontinued most of their small denomination coins, a bee was present on their 10 øre coin. Not as pretty, perhaps, as the examples above. Steve
Hi. I collect "coins with insects". your Italy 1919, 10 centesimi Krause catalog# is KM#60 Metal-bronze. mintage-986,000. your 1919 is the first year they made this coin and has a date run 1919-1937. it is hard to tell what grade your coin is...it is beat up/worn. Krauses grade/values F-$20.00 VF-$100 XF-$300 UNC-$600 I would guesstimate your coin in between F-VF grade ($75-100). it's all what some one is willing to pay for this coin. 2 years ago I bought a NGC slabbed 1919 MS-64 for $500.00 back then I thought that was a crazy price, but you never see that grade for this 1919 ever. these will only go up in value. I will have to find pics of my coin to show you. Where did you get this coin ?
It's definitely a pricey coin in high grade, but unfortunately this coin is damaged and well circulated and as such is worth little more than an average circulated common date from this series. @spirityoda your MS64 is a nice pick-up, fair price for a RB, now if yours is RD then you got a great deal
it says bronze in my 2016 Krause catalog, but I am sure they are made out of copper. maybe a typo in 2016 catalog ?
it is RB I think ? my coin is at my parents house in my father new safe. I will go visit them today and look at again. maybe takes some pics with my phone.
I found a pic of my NGC Italy 1919 10 centesimi Italy bee MS-63 BN in this thread link: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/world-coins-your-newest-acquisition.165399/page-295#post-2168122 post #5898 the Ebay seller had it at $550.00 I talked him down to $500.00
The honey bees are also a necessity for pollination of many crops. I'd really like to collect coins with bees on them, I have some from ancient Ephesus but bees have appeared on coins since ancient times.
that was a steal. for a die hard fan of the date run 1919-1937 one might pay you $30-60 for your coin. it all depends on what someone is willing to pay for that damage on your coin. still a steal at that price you bought it at. nice find.
