Italian Coins

BUONO DA DUE LIRE 1927.
According to the GIGANTE catalogo (for Italian Coins) it's considerated R2 very rare. Mintage 1.631.500, in VF aprox 80€ UNC 4000

 

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Because of the rarity and the excessive softness of the metal used to mint this coin is hardly available to the state mint (Gigante, Monete Italiane dal 700 ad oggi (12ºedition), 2004)

 

Thats a coin I intend to get in a week or so.

 

Love seeing these coins. Although my heritage is many things, I most closely associate with the Italian side of my family.

I have a comparitivly small handfull of Italian coins compared to England and Germany, two other places my roots trace back to, but here are some scans from my collection...





I am normally a fan of Aluminum coins, but these aluminum Italian coins sure have taken a beating before I got them, all of which came from bulk bins or lots








Brass or brass colored coins just don't scan well...sorry about that!



But long before Italy unified, there was the age of Rome...

 

really nice!

 

Italy 1 Lira 1909

 

my favorite coin is the mussolini fantasy piece I got at the Rome mint many years ago.

 

1927 2 lira Km63

 

Very nice!
almost looks like the rev of a Mercury Dime:kewl:

 

Hallo, gentlemens! Pardon me from my wrong english (i am russian from Siberia and my english is not good). But i like Your forum. I have many italian coins, and i want to present some of them. Please tell me how can i show my images to my post?

 

Roman Empire, grand follis of Diocletianus emperor. This coin was maid in 302 or 303 b.c.

 

your english is perfectly fine welcome to cointalk

 

Kingdom Naples and Sicily. Ferdinando IV de Bourbon. 5 tornesi 1798.

 

Thank You, Sir.

 

Lombardy - Venetia, 5 centesimi 1846. Copper. This coin was made during the austrian occupation.

 

Stato Pontificio (Vatican Papal State), 4 soldi (20 centesimi) 1866. Pius IX pontific. Copper.

 

Stato Della Citta Del Vaticano (Vatican City).
1. 10 centesimi 1940. Aluminium-bronze. Pope Pius XII. 81000 coins of this type.
2. 50 centesimi 1942. Stainless Steel. Pope Pius XII. 180000 coins of this type.

 

More coins of Vatican City...
2 lire 1942, stainless steel, Pope Pius XII. UNC. 270000 coins of this type.

 

Seems you already figured that out. Welcome, and you showed us some nice coins indeed. The 2 lire 1916 with the quadriga is great!

Christian

 

1000 lire 1978, weight - 14,6 g. Silver 0,835. Pope Ioannes Paulus I (he was ruler of Vatican City during 33 days). He was a good man ("Smiling Pope"). In my country people supposed, that someone killed him.