Italian coins

Catalogue of the coins of the Kingdom of Italy, the colonies, the Republic, and the euro.

Kingdom 1861 - 1943	Republic 1946 - 2001	Euro 2002 - ...

History

The coinage in use in the Kingdom of Italy was strictly related to the French decimal one introduced by Napoleon on 1803. The currency adopted was the Italian Lira with a value corresponding to the value of 4,5 g of silver or 0,29 g of gold. The Lira was part of the Latin Monetary Union among France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, and Greece, an organization founded on 1865 to defend the value of the various currencies of the five countries and to simplify the international exchanges; the Latin Monetary Union was ended on 1926.

Italian mints since 1861

city	closing	mark
Bologna	1861	B
Florence	1861	F
Naples	1870	N
Turin	1870	U or eagle head
Venice	1870	V
Genoa	1875	CL or anchor
Milan	1892	M
Rome	active	R

According to the Italy-San Marino convention, the coins of the San Marino Republic are minted in Rome since 22 March 1862. The minting was suspended from 1939 to 1972.

According to the Lateran Treaty (11 February 1929), in Rome are minted also the coins of the Vatican City.

Materials

Ac	acmonital: Italian monetary steel	Cu	copper
Ag	silver	Cn	cupronichel: copper and nichel alloy
Au	gold	It	italma: magnesium, aluminum and manganese alloy
Ba	bronzital: bronze	Ni	nichel