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1906 Italian Commemorative (NT) - US Mint Take Note

Where, oh where, has coin design gone?


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  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Token, not a coin.

    Nice, but not a coin of the realm.

  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,744 ✭✭✭✭✭

    By recall, Modigliani was an artist at the Rome mint and designed many coins; I never claimed this specimen was a coin if you check the wording.
    Point being, designs now are quite horrible by comparison.

    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
    Well, just Love coins, period.
  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You should see the 1911 50th anniversary of the Italian unification coins.

    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,744 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ah, yes, one of my favorites that I've not managed to obtain. Beautiful!

    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,270 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 24, 2024 8:01PM

    From Italy where they appreciate women:

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    Italy 20 Centesimi 1921 Flying Lady

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,755 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I love the color on that one!

  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,744 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, out of my area but saw it at auction - those colors are what the coin actually has. What I like is the intricacy of detail.
    The 20c above that WB shows is a better version of the US Platinum coin of 2-3 years ago.

    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
    Well, just Love coins, period.
  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,266 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That 1906 frontal face is really well done. Who at the U.S.Mint decides that todays coin designs can't use the classical Greco Roman style. Politicians should not be picking designs. Peace Roy

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  • ADGADG Posts: 443 ✭✭✭

    Early 20th century Italian coins - a number of beautiful classic designs. Here's another.

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  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The Italian King from 1900 to 1946, Victor Emmanuel III, was a top notch Numismatist.

    He supposedly had over 100,000 coins from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Unification of Italy.

  • OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Some of my favorite world coins are from Italy early 20th century

    Steve

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,266 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wonder where Vic's collection went? Given it was Italy, gotta be a catalogue in archives on that accomplishment. Peace Roy

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  • angelo43angelo43 Posts: 101 ✭✭✭

    There were several auctions of VEIII coins the provas he commissioned are beautiful

  • angelo43angelo43 Posts: 101 ✭✭✭

    Even though this token was considered a token the value has gone up considerably in the last few years and they are in the Italian catalog salong with the other token of the times the rarer are the gold ones of course. The red Cross ones are enameled

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