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Italian Lire

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 Posted 02/12/2009  01:11 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Billyboy to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi again

I decided to go to the local library and borrow a book on coins so I didnt have to worry you all with endless questions about what this coin is and that.

Anyway, still have a few I couldn't find in the book but am getting there.

I realise this coin is an Italian 500 Lire but was wondering about the dots on one side. The ones in the book have words written there (names of places etc I gather). Is this braille? Maybe a stupid question but anyway... thanks.

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02/12/2009 02:42 am
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 Posted 02/12/2009  01:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ikandiggit to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I checked on Google and, yes, it is the demomination in braille.
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 Posted 02/12/2009  01:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mr Finger to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes that is the coins value written in Braille
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Yes, thanks for the answer. I should have thought to do that. Thanks again.
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 Posted 02/13/2009  06:39 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chrisild to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This one is the 500 lire circulation coin issued between 1982 and 2001; there were also a few circulating commems in that bimetallic style. The building is the Palazzo del Quirinale, the residence of the Italian president; on the left there is the Fontana dei Dioscuri. And while the dots are indeed Braille, they are too small to be readable.

Christian
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