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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 777825, member: 39&quot;]Here is a similar piece - basically the same design but &quot;5 ecu&quot; in silver.</p><p><a href="http://i43.tinypic.com/24yut5z.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i43.tinypic.com/24yut5z.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i43.tinypic.com/24yut5z.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Istituto poligrafico e zecca dello stato -&gt; Italian mint/IPZS</p><p><i>(the portal site is <a href="http://www.ipzs.it" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ipzs.it" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.zecca.ipzs.it/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.zecca.ipzs.it/" rel="nofollow">this</a> is the mint)</i></p><p>Central scene: Europa and the bull (Zeus)</p><p>Mauri: coin designer Roberto Mauri (he also designed the current Italian 50 cent circulation coin)</p><p>At the bottom, the year 1995.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unione Europea: European Union</p><p>Medaglia da 5 ecu: 5 ecu medal (and below the silver content - 985, I think)</p><p>Italia: umm, Italy. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And I think that your gold piece also has the words &quot;medaglia da&quot; in pretty much the same position. So, a medal. That silver version had a mintage of 5000 from what I have found; have not seen anything about the gold version. But don&#039;t expect much beyond the gold value ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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