My Italian coins

I posted an example of each type of Italian coin I have as an album on my page. I only posted one side on most to save time. Check it out if you're interested.

 

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I checked out your CT album of Italy coins. It's pretty neat. I like the coin with the lions drawing the chariot & the aluminum coin with Pegasus & the silver 5 lire coin depicting the eagle on faces. All are really neat coin designs IMO.

Did you know that the Roman numeral on some of these coins describe the year of Fascism in Italy?

 

The ones you mention are some of my favorites too.
I remember reading that there were varieties with the Roman numerals on the same date coin being different. I have a few doubles so I need to check mine and see if I have both varieties.

 

Nice lot. I like the 1927 5 Lire, especially.

 

Thanks, I just got that this week actually.

 

Hidden, those are AWESOME coins! Many Italian coins are among my favorite designs of all time. :thumb: Keep the collection going!

A couple of my absolute favorites that you haven't pictured yet are:

 

Here 2 My grandpa gave me!

 

I do have some of the 20 centesimi, but don't have that 2 lire. I want to get one though because I really like that design.

 

I believe it is the finest known.

 

Note that this circulation struck coin has coin rotation unlike the 1911 commem which is medal rotation.

 

Grade is WAY off, easily an MS67.

 

Mintage of only 32,000 coins and yet only about $25 more than the 1882 of which 7 million were struck. If you see any of the Umberto 20 Lire coins from the 1890s they are typically a steal given their low mintage and small premium.

 

Nice coin, that looks like a combination of the Washington Quarter reverse and the Mercury Dime Reverse!

 

Terrific year, 1861 being the year of Italian unification. The 1 cent is fairly common in mint state as it must have been saved. The 2 cent is a little more scarce. This example having some colorful tone splashed across the obverse.

 

Mintage of 80,000,000 making it one of the most common world coins of the 19th century. Yet still a scarce coin in mint state as nearly all examples are below VF30.

 

I found mein in the foreign junk bin. Apparently the shop keep considered it to be a copper coin because of it's red/gold colour.

 

A common mint state gold coin. Very pretty coin and only a couple hundred dollars even in MS63.

 

Ken Krah, the vice president at NGC who heads up the world side of the grading room, said the unusual dounut or ring pattern of tone seen on many Italian coins (sometimes a dark dounut, sometimes a lighter color dounut) is related to how the planchets were prepared prior to striking.

 

Finest known.

 

The 50th anniversary coins are my favourite, I have the bronze and this:



But not the silver yet.