When I was down visiting my folks last week my dad pulled out a ziplck bag full of foreign coins and was like, here you go are any of these worth anything.
This is a bag I have looked through before , probably about 6 or 7 years ago. It's just regular coins from their world travels after they retired. I did go though it pretty closely back then. In fact I remember texting with @monsterjamgold about them. He's quite knowledgeable about European coins and saved me a lot of time looking up coins that are only worth face value...in Europe!
As I said, my dad handed me the bag so I looked though again quickly and spotted this old coin that I quite like.
An Italian 100 Lira coin from 1959. I like the toning that looks like it's been chipped off just from other coins hitting this one...maybe in a pocket or something.
This coin has an interesting metal composition, it's 81.75% Iron, 18.25% Chromium, which is called, Acmonital.
Here is a little bit about Acmonital alloy:
An alloy of stainless steel. Coins in stainless steel were first struck in Italy in 1939, in both a magnetic steel and nonmagnetic alloy (1939-43). The alloy is hard, die wear is high, and only low relief designs can be struck in coining presses (but Italy had experience in striking a hard nickel alloy since 1919). Its use in 1939 was a wartime alloy , but an acmonital alloy was resumed for Italian coins in 1954 and used continuously afterwards.
I can confirm it is magnetic, I can barely lift it off my Neodymium magnet :)
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I have one too but it doesnt look like shit like yours 😂😂😂
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Very cool! I did not know that about their coins! Don't think I have that coin anywhere, I do have some old change from Italy before the Euro, but it's all worthless stuff! lol
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Yeah, I would never buy a coin with this metal composition, seems dumb xD
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Coins that take a licking and keeps on ticking.
I guess Italians tend to abuse their coins so they gotta last!
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Yeah, it's seems funny to deliberately use a metal that is difficult to strike.
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I have a 10 Lira, the size of a US Walker. It is from 1937 and .835 silver.
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That's one of my favorite parts about collecting coins, I am constantly learning interesting things! Glad you liked it Saver :)
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!PIZZAI totally get that, @summertooth! It's amazing how much you can learn from collecting coins. Each one has its own unique history and story behind it. It's a great way to dive into different cultures and time periods. Definitely one of the best parts of the hobby!
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Cool coin. Strange metal composition!
Yeah, the funny part is when they say it's problematic to strike but we don't care, we've been doing it the hard way for years... Paraphrasing ;)
"The alloy is hard, die wear is high, and only low relief designs can be struck in coining presses (but Italy had experience in striking a hard nickel alloy since 1919)."
Haahaha, nuts.
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It's a total rip-off.
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I may have a similar one but I don't know by heart which year it's from. They are quite easy to find here in Spain, I often check the boxes with coins on flea markets and a lot of them are from Italy. I picked up some in the past as I like their designs.
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Hey, I answered in discord yesterday because I haven't been online for days (been ill with fever) but yeah saw him in chat.. probably busy..
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