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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3620185, member: 39&quot;]I guess they did, but this is not an Italian 6/8 lira coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It is a coin from the Republic of Genoa (yes, in today&#039;s Italy), and according to <a href="https://numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it/moneta/W-GE31/44" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it/moneta/W-GE31/44" rel="nofollow">this page</a> the &quot;6&quot; and &quot;8&quot; mean 6 soldi and 8 denari, thus one third of a lira ...</p><p><br /></p><p>In Venezuela, during the relatively short &quot;bolívar fuerte&quot; phase, they had a <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4537.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4537.html" rel="nofollow">12 1/2 céntimos</a> coin. A little strange since there were also 10 and 25 c pieces, but apparently it was supposed to be a reminder of better days; the 0.125 denomination had been in use before.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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