Italian: Repubblica italiana
100 centesimi (single: centesimo) = 1 lira (plural: lire) (until 2002) [ITL]
100 cents (single: cent) = 1 euro (plural: euro) [EUR]
Symbols: ₤ (lira), € (euro)
Languages on coins: Italian
Alphabets on coins: Latin
Numerals on coins: Roman, Western Arabic
Calendars on coins: Gregorian
100 centesimi (single: centesimo) = 1 lira (plural: lire) (until 2002) [ITL]
100 cents (single: cent) = 1 euro (plural: euro) [EUR]
Symbols: ₤ (lira), € (euro)
Languages on coins: Italian
Alphabets on coins: Latin
Numerals on coins: Roman, Western Arabic
Calendars on coins: Gregorian
Mint Marks
Krupp's Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik, Berlin (DEU), "K·B"Note: I understand that there is some debate about where these coins were minted. Another possibility is the Kremnica Mint in nowadays Slovakia, since it (also) uses the "KB" mint mark.
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Birmingham Mint, Birmingham (GBR), "H" or superimposed "B" and "I" |
Istituto Poligrafico E Zecca Dello Stato, Rome (ITA), "R" |
Mint of Strasbourg, Strasbourg (FRA), "OM" |
Designer Marks
Maria Angela Cassol (ITA): "M.A.C." |
Maria Carmela Colaneri (ITA): "M.C.C." or "COLANERI" |
Laura Cretara (ITA): "L. CRETARA", "CRETARA" or superimposed "LC" |
Valerio de Seta (?): "V DE SETA" or "V.DE SETA" |
Luciana de Simoni (ITA): Superimposed "LDS" |
Eugenio Driutti (ITA): Superimposed "ED" |
Giuseppe Ferraris (ITA): "FERRARIS" or "F·" |
Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini (ITA): "ELF" or "E.L.FRAPICCINI" |
Claudia Momoni (ITA): "CM" |
Uliana Pernazza (ITA): Superimposed "UP", "U.PERNAZZA", "PERNAZZA" or "PERNAZZA INC"
Giuseppe Romagnoli (ITA): "ROMAGNOLI" or "G.ROMAGNOLI" |
Giorgos Stamatopoulos (GRC): Greek capital letters gamma and sigma "ΓΣ" |
National identification and other marks
Monogram
Italian abbreviations
VITT·EM·III·RE·E·IMP·
Italian/Latin: Vittorio Emanuele III, Re E Imperatore
English: Victor Emmanuel III, King and Emperor
Italian/Latin: Vittorio Emanuele III, Re E Imperatore
English: Victor Emmanuel III, King and Emperor