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19th century San Marino type set-imaged

It's my pleasure to present a complete 19th century type set from San Marino that forum members may not be overly familiar with.image

KM1 5 centesimi copper 1894-R mintage 600,000
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KM2 10 centesimi copper 1894-R mintage 150,000
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KM3 50 centesimi .8350 silver 1898-R mintage 40,000
The 50 centesimi is imaged smaller than the other coins in this set to maintain detail due to my lack of a macro lens.
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KM4 1 lira .8350 silver 1898-R mintage 20,000
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KM5 2 lire .8350 silver 1898-R mintage 10,000
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KM6 5 lire .9000 silver 1898-R mintage 18,000
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My personal preferences in this set would be the two coppers, followed by the 5 lire, and then the other silver pieces, which (while not bad) toned a little unattractively.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato

Comments

  • SylvestiusSylvestius Posts: 1,584
    Nice set you got there!

    One question is it just me or has anyone else noticed the interesting contradiction in the designs of these coins? Republic of San Marino... and they they've all got crowns on!

    I like the 5 lire the most!
  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    I wondered about the crowns myself...

    Another interesting fact concerning San Marino is that there is a bust of Abraham Lincoln on display in the Capital, who in 1861 accepted the honorary citizenship of the republic.
    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
    is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Nice set!
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
  • MSD61MSD61 Posts: 3,382
    Very nice set!
  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    The mintages of countries within the Latin Monetary Union were directly proportional to their population, as is the case with Crete, only here I see that nice uncirculated examples are still available.This is a really nice set and I assume, not so easy to assemble. image
    Dimitri



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  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations on that wonderful set, Laurent !!! image
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    Tom, formerly in Albuquerque, NM.
  • NJMark1NJMark1 Posts: 479
    Congrats!!! Great Stuff!

    Mark
  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    This is a really nice set and I assume, not so easy to assemble.

    Actually, the key was finding it intact. My dealer said this was the first complete one he had ever seen.
    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
    is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928
    Really neat set, Laurent! Congratulations!

    Nice job with the imaging, too.

    Clankeye
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
  • Very nice set. Just today I bought a prooflike 50 centesimi myself - I have been wanting to collect that type set for years. Yours looks great... they just don't make coins like that any more.

    Marcel
    Ebay user name: 00MadMuffin00
  • Great set, nice looking coppers too.... I have the 5c 1935R, and two 10c 1935 and 1938....

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