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Phoneguy Valued Member United States 60 Posts	Posted 01/22/2009 1:31 pm I need some help from all you world collecters. I hit the CoinStar reject slot today and came away with a handful. Some perfectly fine US clad. Two tokens, several Canadian issues and one 10¢ Euro. I also found an Italian 100 lire. A wreathed head is on the obverse and a spear carrying figure, outstreched arm towards a tree on the reverse. It's dated 1977 and it's attracted to a magnet. ( dang, silver would have been nice.) I plan on giving it to a newbie collecter and she is of Italian heritage. The attached images are shamelessly lifted from Google. Anything to add? I'm sure the noob will be thrilled but any info anyone can add would much appreciated. Denis Image: 100lireob.jpg 47.49 KB Image: 100lirerev.jpg 50.68 KB Report this Post to the Staff

DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 01/22/2009 1:59 pm To add.. well in the 1990s they were replaced by a (much) reduced in size version with the same design - an idea what coin to get next Edited by DL20K 01/22/2009 2:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 01/22/2009 5:21 pm Quote: ...it's attracted to a magnet... These Italian coins are made of a special kind of stainless steel developed by the Italians specifically for use on their coinage. It's known as acmonital. Quote: ...a spear carrying figure, outstreched arm towards a tree on the reverse. Italian coins frequently derive their designs from those used on ancient Roman coins. The figure on the 100 lire is Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Phoneguy Valued Member United States 60 Posts	Posted 01/22/2009 6:56 pm Ahh, la ringrazio molto I miei amici, molto bene, molto bene! Report this Post to the Staff
rosso_rubino Valued Member Italy 244 Posts	Posted 01/23/2009 10:28 am 100 Lire Minerva (big) minted from 1955 to 1989, 1977 is one of the higher mintage, around 250 bilion, than 100 Lire Minerva small has been minted from 1990 to 1992, same obverse and reverse but much more small. from 1993 up to 2001 ther has been a new standard 100Lire called Italia Turrita, complete different coin in pictures and metal, in the mean time there has been some Commemorative 100 Lire some w/ the same size and metal as 100 Lire Minerva (big). Report this Post to the Staff
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