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Italy 1936 5 Lira Vittorio Emanuele III

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Not in great condition - but these particular coins are relatively scarce.


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Italian coin designs of this period are beautiful, though this one with the bald dome of Victor Emmanuel is not as attractive as some of the other coins. Also interesting is the change in denomination and coin size - a 5 Lire coin started out as a larger, crown sized coin but this one has the same dimensions as a 1 Lira from the WWI era, at 5 grams and 23 mm:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12012.html
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Those are scarce, congrats on your find.
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Victor Emmanuel himself was a great numismatist, and author of an exhaustive many-volume work on Italian coinage. When he came to the throne, he was disgusted with the initial coin designs made for him, and got involved in re-organizing the Rome Mint to produce something more satisfactory. The success of his efforts can be judged by the large export orders the mint gained. I will say, though, that edge inscriptions on 1930s Rome Mint products are often faint.
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