Distinctive feature Médaille commémorative
Edge Plain
Grade UNC
Metal Bronze
Theme Établissement bancaire
Year of issue 1927
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Country: Kingdom of Italy
King Vittorio Emanuele III (1869-1900-1946-1947✟)
Type: Business Token / Medal
Years: 1927
Metal: Bronze
Weight: 83.29 g
Diameter: 55 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Grade: UNC
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Reference: -
Commemorative issue:
Centennial of the Savings Bank of Torino.
Obverse:
Standing sower facing right. Legend above in Latin, and engraver's signature on the horizon line: E.R. Framed by a laurel wreath.
Lettering:
QVAE LEGO QVAE SPARGO --- SEMINA MVLTIPLICO
Translation:
What I collect, what I scatter.
I multiply seeds.
Reverse:
Sprigs of pine and olive.
Lettering:
Hive with bees, legend in Italian above and in the exergue. Framed by a laurel wreath.
Lettering:
CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI TORINO
PREMIO
Translation:
Savings Bank of Turin
Prize
Edge:
Plain.
Mint:
Stabilimento Stefano Johnson S.p.A. / Johnson Medaglie, Milan, Italy (1836).
Comment:
Minted medal, made in 1927 by the Stabilimento Stefano Johnson of Milan to commemorate the centenary of the foundation of the Cassa di Risparmio di Torino. Minted in Bronze and Silver.
Source : https://numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it...
Collection : Exonumia