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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 4963038, member: 69760&quot;]I&#039;ve been looking up various sources on this coin&#039;s specs. You can see Bruce&#039;s details below from the Krause Catalog (Unusual World Coins, 4th Edition). According to him, it&#039;s X#7 and made from gold (struck in 1970). However, <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/italy-100-lire-x-7-1943-cuid-1179634-duid-1578974" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/italy-100-lire-x-7-1943-cuid-1179634-duid-1578974" rel="nofollow">NGC claims that X#7 is 0.500 silver</a>. Both sources pull spec data from Bruce&#039;s cataloging info, yet they conflict on the composition. To make matters even more confusing, Colnect shows data (presumably from collectors) that this fantasy strike of the same design is <a href="https://colnect.com/en/coins/coin/52599-100_Lire_Mussolini_lion-Italy-Fantasy_Issues" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://colnect.com/en/coins/coin/52599-100_Lire_Mussolini_lion-Italy-Fantasy_Issues" rel="nofollow">gold plating over copper</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are there more variants of X#7, e.g. X#7a, X#7b, etc. that distinguishes X#7 by different metal compositions? Perhaps a later edition of the Unusual World Coins catalog show more variants of X#7.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, both state that it&#039;s a Type II design, but I&#039;m not sure what the difference between Type I and Type II are - does anyone know for certain? I do notice that the &quot;III&quot; on the obverse by Mussolini&#039;s helmet is different on examples I see on the &#039;net. Sometimes the last I in III is touching the helmet, sometimes it&#039;s not. Another variant has each I in the III not touching each other.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1192963[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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