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Lire 10 and Lire 20 coins dated 2000 or 2001 were struck in sets only. The Lire 500 coin was the first bimetallic circulating coin, and was also the first circulating coin to feature Braille numerals (a Braille "L. 500" is on the upper rim of the coin's reverse, above the building).
In 1951, the government replaced all circulating coins and notes with new smaller-sized aluminium 1 lira, 2, 5 and 10 lire (although the 2 lire coin was not minted in 1951 or 1952), and in 1954–1955, Acmonital (stainless steel) 50 and 100 lire coins were introduced, followed by aluminium-bronze 20 lire in 1957 and silver 500 lire in 1958 ...
English: 500 lira coin, 1960, Italy. Silver assay value 835, diameter 29.4 mm, weight 11.04 g. Three caravels of Columbus are depicted on the obverse. Edge with an inscription in raised letters "(REPVBBLICA ITALIANA * * * 1960 * * *)".
3 €15 coins. 4 €20 coins. 5 €50 coins. 6 See also. ... Printable version; In other projects ... Italian's Presidency of the E.U. 2004 ...
Italy has a long history of different coinage types, which spans thousands of years. Italy has been influential at a coinage point of view: the medieval Florentine florin, one of the most used coinage types in European history and one of the most important coins in Western history, [1] was struck in Florence in the 13th century, while the Venetian sequin, minted from 1284 to 1797, was the most ...
Coins below 1 lira were withdrawn in 1947. 1- and 2-lire coins minted from 1968 for collectors' use only; 5-, 10-, and 20-lire coins fell out of use before the 1990's. All lira-denominated coins were withdrawn in 2002 with the introduction of the euro and exchangeable until 2011. Jamaica: 1 cent 5 cents 10 cents 20 cents 25 cents 50 cents: 2012 ...
No coins were issued for this currency, with old Italian coins still circulating, although heavily devalued. The 50 centesimo piece for example was worth just a quarter of a penny. Notes were issued in denominations of 1 lira and 2, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 lire.
The 1 lira cent (Italian: centesimo di lira), commonly called centesimino, [1] was the smallest denomination of Italian lira coins. Like the contemporary 1, 2 and 5 cent coins, it was made of a bronze alloy composed of 960‰ copper and 40‰ tin. [2] The 1-cent coins were minted between 1861 and 1918, only to be withdrawn from circulation in ...