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zakota Valued Member United States 342 Posts	Posted 04/17/2009 8:09 pm On the reverse of these coins there is on the small 5 center is a whale. On the larger on there is a 10 and wheat. They are aluminum. Where are they from? Image: rep.jpg 76.33 KB Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/17/2009 9:50 pm These are both standard issues of a 5 and 10 Lire coins from Italy. Report this Post to the Staff
rosso_rubino Valued Member Italy 244 Posts	Posted 04/22/2009 08:35 am yes, they are the 5 and 10 Lire as reported on the coins from REPUBBLICA ITALIANA, of course no more minted since 2002, because now there is Mister Euro. Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 04/22/2009 10:53 am Were they used before the Euro changeover? Also, what was the lowest denomination that was used before the changeover? Report this Post to the Staff
QuickSilver Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1077 Posts	Posted 04/23/2009 03:33 am They were produced up to the changeover, but I don't think they had been used since the sixties. There were also a 1 and 2 lire used up to the end of the fifties. It looks from Krause like the lowest denomination used up to the changeover was the 20 lire as it appears in a circulated condition up to that time. I remember there were between 1 and 2 thousand lire to the pound when they changed to Euros. So a 10 lire would have been about as much use as a US cent today. Report this Post to the Staff
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