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My dear sweet friend sent me a couple of Italian coins.Both are the same,but with different dates.Since I am still new with my world coin collection,I thought I'd start my research here.They are REPVBBLICA ITALIANA L.50 and "bare" :)Can anyone tell me anything about them.They are 1962 and 1968.Thanks,sn31.
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The coins are KM-95 Italian 50 Lira made of Stainless Steel. The 1962 has a mintage of 17,700,000 copies and the 1968 has 17,800,000. These normally wear slowly and being stainless stell they maintain color well. High grades EF to AU are typical and they are encountered regularly in bulk foreign lots. The key date for the type is the 1958 with a mintage of 825,000 copies. The series started in 1954.
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sn31 what you have are stainless steel 50 Lire Iralian coins 1962-17,700,000- minted and 1968- 17,800,000 million made depending on condition 1962 is .50 cents in fine 1.50 in vf,10.00-xf, and $40.00 in UNC 1968 ranges from .20-$1.50 in those grades mentioned above , also I am back on line now so I will be contacting you I have found a large amount of canadian Large cents and thought of you email ,me if interested I still have some pulled aside for you, otherwise
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Who is represented on the reverse? Leave it to the Italians to have a coin with a "bare" person on it. No offense meant for those wonderful Italians on our forum. Just curious what historical figure is on the reverse.
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its proably a fictional character an icon of Italian Numismatics . The wonderful thing about world coins is that you can see the influence on Old American coins Ex. france and Italy and a few others I am Sure
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Most of the 20th century Italian coins have "neo-classical" themes, with designs deliberately reminiscent of ancient Roman coinage and art. According to the Krause catalogue, the Italian 50 lire depicts Vulcan, the Roman god of fire, volcanoes, the forge and metallurgy. (edited to add link) 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
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06/24/2006 02:31 am
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Thank you SAP! That's exactly what I was looking for!
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I have a few large Italian coins and are they neat to look at. I like the classical style!!!
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Me too,that's very interesting.Thanks for the
info.sn31.
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I have about 10 Italian coins, but have not got serious about collecting them.
Have even considered getting rid of the ones I have.
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