1920 Regno d'Italia, 20 Centesimi, Roma - Vittorio Emanuele III

Kingdom of Italy, Vittorio Emmanuele III (1869-1900-1947)

Country: Italy
Grade: XF45
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1918 (1918-1920)
Mintage: 923,000
Mint: Roma
Value: 20 Centesimi (0.20 Lira)
Metal: Copper-Nickel 
Weight: 3.9 g
Diameter: 21.3 mm 
Shape: Round
Demonetized: yes
References: KM# 58

Obverse:
Crowned Savoia Shield between twisted branches of laurel and oak, the issuer name above, and the engraver's initials below.

Lettering:
REGNO D'ITALIA
A.M.

Translation:
Kingdom of Italy
A.M.

Engraver: Attilio Silvio Motti. 

Reverse:
Value and date of the coin within a hexagon surrounded by a laurel wreath and the mintmark below the date.

Lettering:
CENT. 20
1920
R

Translation:
20 Centesimi
1918
R

Engraver: Attilio Silvio Motti.

Edge:
Smooth or reeded, the image shows both edge types. Smooth-edged planchets are also slightly thinner.

NOTE: For this type of coin the edge must be smooth, but sometimes traces of reeding are visible. The reeded edge is a mark of the previous coins km# 28 exactly as the traces of prevoius coin in the obverse or reverse.
The more these marks are visible the more the coin worths. Coins perfectly reeded are very rare.

Mint:
R  :  Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome, Italy (1911-date)

Comments:
These have to be considered as emergency coins, since they were minted in years when nickel was very precious for military industries. To conserve the nickel, were used the previous 20 centesimi coins (km# 28) withdrawn from circulation as base metal to overstrike these new coins. For this reason many coins have signs of the design of the previous km# 28. The more these signs are clear and well defined the more valued is the coin.

Reference : KM# 58

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Collection : Italian States - Pre Risorgimento (1250-1861) & Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Republic (1946-date)