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<p>[QUOTE="serafino, post: 3665382, member: 74574"]And it looks like they had no clue what the mint mark was. The "P" is not the mint, the Eagle head on the lower reverse is the mint mark of the Zecca di Torino (Turin) mint. And they only minted 26,360 of the 100 lire coins. If you see an anchor on the reverse it is the Zecca di Genova (Genoa) mint. To my knowledge they never minted any gold or silver coins on the small island of Sardegna (Sardinia). </p><p><br /></p><p>Even though it's called the Kingdom of Sardinia, the royal family lived in Torino .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="serafino, post: 3665382, member: 74574"]And it looks like they had no clue what the mint mark was. The "P" is not the mint, the Eagle head on the lower reverse is the mint mark of the Zecca di Torino (Turin) mint. And they only minted 26,360 of the 100 lire coins. If you see an anchor on the reverse it is the Zecca di Genova (Genoa) mint. To my knowledge they never minted any gold or silver coins on the small island of Sardegna (Sardinia). Even though it's called the Kingdom of Sardinia, the royal family lived in Torino .[/QUOTE]
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