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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sakata, post: 2789812, member: 23778&quot;]ITALY.</p><p><br /></p><p>20 Lire coins of 1862 and 1979.&nbsp;&nbsp; In 1862 this was a coin containing 0.1867 oz of gold.&nbsp; But by 1957 it was reduced to an aluminum-bronze coin only 21.75mm diameter. The 1979 shown is the same coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]647654[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]647655[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>compare this to the 1866 10 Centesimi made of bronze (96% copper) and a huge 30 mm.&nbsp; At the other extreme is the 1984 500 Lire bimetallic coin.&nbsp; It would take 5000 of these &quot;Bronzital center in Acmonital ring&quot; coins (whatever those are) to match that huge copper.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]647656[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]647657[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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