Please Need Help Identifying These Old Italian Coins

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doclongo New Member United States 34 Posts	Posted 01/17/2010 10:00 pm I have several coins that I recently received from family in Italy and was wondering if anyone can help me to better understand these coins. Perhaps info on how much they are worth ? Thanks in advance Below are the photos : COIN #1 COIN #2 COIN #3 COIN #4 COIN #5 Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/17/2010 10:26 pm #1 is a French 5 Franc coin, made into a piece of jewelry. #2 is a medal which depicts Christ and Saint Peter, not sure of it's age. #3 a medal of Pope Innocent X, his eight year in office and dated. #4 a five Lire silver coin from the roman mint. Value about $50 in it's present condition witch I would grade at VF-35. #5 another medal this one of Pope Clemens XI, eight year in office circa 1657. The French coin has limited value, pretty much melt due to it being turned into jewelry. The medals depending on the type of medal all have value and are very interesting. Report this Post to the Staff
doclongo New Member United States 34 Posts	Posted 01/17/2010 10:39 pm I think coin #2 is Peter and Paul not Christ ( The saints Peter and Paul Apostles ) = SS PE ET PA AP Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/17/2010 10:41 pm Your right I missed that on the top of the medal. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16809 Posts	Posted 01/19/2010 10:13 am #3 appears to be a copy of a Papal States coin, a piastra (KM# 451.3). I say "copy" because a piastra is large and silver; this doesn't appear to be silver. Additionally, the obverse looks "fuzzy", a result I suspect of being a cast copy. As such, it's effectively "only a medal". #5 is also a Papal States coin, and appears to be genuine, though with the attached mount it's value will be reduced. It's a silver testone of Pope Clement XI; Anno VIII of this Pope was 1708. KM# 708. Catalogue value in VG in $40. 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
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