100 Lire - FAO
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Reverse: © smithymx67
Commemorated Event
FAO
Description
This is a circulation commemorative coin for the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) in Italy.
Key Details
Country
Italy (ITA)
Issuer
Banca d'Italia
Currency
Lira
ITL
1861 - 2001
Type
Commemorative Circulating
Year
1979
Alignment
Coin ↑↓
Shape
Round
Diameter (⌀)
27.8 mm
Thickness
2 mm
Weight
8 g
Face Value
100 Lire (100 ITL)
Demonetized
Yes
Composition
Acmonital
Obverse (heads)
Obverse Description
Young female head with long braid and wheat sprigs in hair (representation of the Goddess Ceres). The country name is around the rim and the engravers name is below.
Obverse Designer
Sergio Giandomenico
Obverse Lettering
REPUBBLICA ITALIANA
GIANDOMENICO
Obverse Lettering Translation
Italian Republic
Reverse (tails)
Reverse Description
A cow and calf in a field to the left of the coin with denomination and date to the right. There is a mintmark to the left and text top and bottom.
Reverse Designer
Sergio Giandomenico
Reverse Lettering
NUTRIRE IL MONDO
100
LIRE
R
1979
FAO
Reverse Lettering Translation
Feeding the World
100 Lire
FAO
Edge
Edge Description
Milled
Mints
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome (R)
1911 - to date
Mintage
Year
Mintage
Quality
1979 R
78,340,000
Circulated