Got this Italy 2 Lire coin from Quebec. The packaging is as interesting as the coin. I had to slit the envelope carefully to preserve it. No old stamps, but worth keeping, as a curiosity.
Nice Quadriga 2 Lire. I received a coin from Italy last year, the seller used really nice Italian stamps. It turned out he was a stamp collector, too.
It looks like countries other that the US are generating wallpaper in the guise of postage stamps and former collectors are stuck with accumulations of stamps that nobody wants. I have so many that you can't sell them for 50% of face. So, I decorate packages with them. Let the Post Office add them up. At least the ballast that the US Mint is producing will always be worth face value. I hope I didn't jinx us by saying that.
I sold a coin on eBay a few years ago. The buyer, graciously, asked if the envelope could be sent using commemorative stamps. His grandson was starting a stamp collection. I complied as I have plenty of them. I even put a few unused in the envelope with the coin.
What an exceptionally cool design! I'm rarely drawn outside of US coins, but this one really speaks to me. I might need to do a little research and pick up one of these myself. Via Numista (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7359.html), I found the engraver of the reverse: Attilio Silvio Motti. Quick Google search yielded a random Italian website with a list of coins and medals this particular artist worked on: https://numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it/zecchieri/Attilio Silvio Motti?mylang=en Looks like the 1 lire, 2 lire, and 'Scudo quadriga briosa' (5 lire) had similar designs.
