100 Lire (Large Type)
Obverse: © smithymx67
Reverse: © smithymx67
Description
This was a standard circulation coin for Italy.
Key Details
Country
Italy (ITA)
Issuer
Banca d'Italia
Currency
Lira
ITL
1861 - 2001
Type
Standard Circulating
Years
1955 - 1989
Alignment
Coin ↑↓
Shape
Round
Diameter (⌀)
27.8 mm
Thickness
2 mm
Weight
8 g
Face Value
100 Lire (100 ITL)
Demonetized
Yes
Composition
Acmonital
81.75% Iron, 18.25% Chromium
Obverse (heads)
Obverse Description
Portrait of a female with a laurel wreath with lettering left and right.
Obverse Designer
Pietro Giampaoli
Giuseppe Romagnoli
Obverse Lettering
REPVBBLICA ITALIANA
ROMAGNOLI
GIAMPAOLI-INC.
Obverse Lettering Translation
ITALIAN REPUBLIC
Reverse (tails)
Reverse Description
The Goddess Minerva with an olive tree holding a spear, denomination and date below.
Reverse Designer
Giuseppe Romagnoli
Reverse Lettering
L.100 R
1979
Edge
Edge Description
Milled
Mints
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome (R)
1911 - to date
Mintage
Year
Mintage
Quality
1955 R
8,600,000
Circulated
1956 R
99,800,000
Circulated
1957 R
90,600,000
Circulated
1958 R
25,640,000
Circulated
1959 R
19,500,000
Circulated
1960 R
20,700,000
Circulated
1961 R
11,860,000
Circulated
1962 R
21,700,000
Circulated
1963 R
33,100,000
Circulated
1964 R
31,300,000
Circulated
1965 R
36,440,000
Circulated
1966 R
52,500,000
Circulated
1967 R
23,700,000
Circulated
1968 R
34,200,000
Circulated
1969 R
310,000
Brilliant Uncirculated
1969 R
27,710,000
Circulated
1970 R
25,011,000
Circulated
1971 R
24,900,000
Circulated
1972 R
31,170,000
Circulated
1973 R
30,780,000
Circulated
1974 R
62,000,000
Circulated
1975 R
106,000,000
Circulated
1976 R
160,000,000
Circulated
1977 R
253,980,000
Circulated
1978 R
343,600,000
Circulated
1979 R
351,583,600
Circulated
1980 R
69,938,500
Circulated
1981 R
122,280,000
Circulated
1982 R
39,500,000
Circulated
1983 R
25,000,000
Circulated
1984 R
10,000,000
Circulated
1985 R
10,000,000
Circulated
1985 R
20,345
Proof
1986 R
18,000,000
Circulated
1986 R
17,500
Proof
1987 R
25,000,000
Circulated
1987 R
10,000
Proof
1988 R
23,000,000
Circulated
1988 R
9,000
Proof
1989 R
34,000,000
Circulated
1989 R
9,260
Proof