Hi. I Have A Dime Of What I Think Is Italy. I'm Not Sure If It Is From Italy. It's Date Is 1976. Does Anybody Know The Value?
I wouldn't be too hopeful. I have seen plenty of those around. Value - metal value unless it's a rare year but I doubt it
KM#93, aluminum, total mintage of the series was more than 1/2-billion, but "only" 82-million were struck in Rome during 1976. Krause value is 10¢ XF, 50¢ Unc in the 2006 33rd Ed.
And another thing...."dime" is a US denomination. The US coins says "ONE DIME", whereas this coin says "10". (Centimes, or whatever the Italian version of that is).
Wow!!! How soon I forget. Thanks for the clarification. I guess I couldn't think of the Italian fractional denominatiuon becaue I had probably never seen one. I forgot that the lira was about 1000 0r 2000 to the dollar/euro.
It was indeed practically non-existent in the post-WW2 years. The last centesimi coins were issued in the early/mid 1940s ... Christian
The last coins denominated in Centesimi were struck in 1943.The Lira was hit hard by hyperinflation,which is why the Italians & San Marinese were thinking in thousands & millions of Lire prior to the change over to the Euro. Aidan.
