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Commemorative coins
(The following coins were all struck for circulation. Each year the Italian Mint also strucks other commemoratives in silver wich are non circulating legal tender coins)
Please note: all pictures are scanned larger than actual size to better show details.



Part 1: 100 and 200 lire commemoratives

100 Lire (Km#102): 1974 100th anniversary birth of GUGLIELMO MARCONI.

Obv. portrait of Guglielmo Marconi.
Rev. picture of the first radio. Guglielmo. Marconi, was the inventor of a successful system of radio-telegraphy (1896). In 1909 received Nobel prize for Physics. He later worked for the development of short-wave wireless communication, which constitutes the basis of nearly all modern long-distance radio.

100 Lire (Km#106): 1979 FAO ISSUE This is Italy's first Fao Issue.

100 Lire (Km#108): 1981 Centennial of Livorno Naval Academy

100 Lire (KM#180): 1995 Fao Issue



200 Lire (Km# 107): 1980 International woman's year.

Obv. portrait of Maria Montessori (which you can find also on current 1000 lire bank note). Montessori (born Aug. 31,1879 d. May 6,1952) created a new educational  system that bearers her name, based on belief in the child's creative potential and his right to be treated as an individual.
Rev. woman's year emblem; woman who studies a botanic book, with a child on her shoulders and a spade at her feet.

200 Lire (Km#109): 1981 World Food Day.

Obv. Villa Lubin, the former International AgriculturalInstitute building.
Rev. a woman holding a cornucopia, symbol of abundance (see the 1 lira coin).

200 Lire (Km# 130): 1989 Taranto Naval Yards' centennial.

Obv. Allegorical portrait, same as the one on 200 lire "circulation type"
Rev. shows Taranto's military harbor, one of Italy's most imoportant sea ports. Taranto is a city situated in southern Italy (Puglia).
 

200 Lire (Km#135): 1990 Centennial of the institution of Section IV of the State Council.

Obv. Allegorical portrait, same as the one on 200 lire "circulation type"
Rev: The State Council is an Constitutional Authority which has two functions: the first is to give give juridical and administrative advice to the Public Administration; the second is to decide  most cases  between citizens and Public Administration (as for example: cases relating to planning permissions, public competitions, contracts with Public Administration etc.). The institution of  Section IV provided the State Council with Judicial powers, so that citizens could appeal to an independent judge, while previously disputes with the Public Administration were settled by the same Administration.
The Building shown on the rev. is Palazzo Spada in Rome.

200 Lire (Km# 151): 1992 Genova World Philatelic Exposition.





200 Lire (KM# 155): 1993 70° anniversary of Military Aviation.

Obv. Allegorical portrait, same as the one on 200 lire "circulation type"
Rev. Military Aviation Emblem.

200 Lire (KM # 164): ND 1994 Carabinieri's 180° anniversary.

Obv. Allegorical portrait, same as the one on 200 lire "circulation type"
Rev. Carabinieri's emblem.

200 Lire (KM # 184): ND 1996 100th anniv. of the Customs Service Academy.

Obv.Academy's building in Bergamo e Royal Palace of Caserta.
Rev. Academy's emblem, cadet's short sword and cap.

200 Lire (KM # 186): ND 1997 Centennial Italian Naval League

Obv. Allegorical portrait, same as the one on 200 lire "circulation type"
Rev. Italian Naval League seal
 

200 Lire (km#?): 1999 30th anniversary of Carabinieri's Service for the protection of artistic patrimony.

The rev. shows carabinieri's emblem and Donatello's David. Donatello (1386-1466) was one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance. The bronze statue of David, is considered his masterpiece. It was the first large-scale free standing nude statue since Roman times. At first it was placed in the courtyard of Medici palace in Florence. After the Medici were expelled, the statue was placed in the courtyard of Palazzo Vecchio (the town hall).
The choice of the David to represent the kind of pieces of art protected by the Carabinieri (those that can be stolen) was criticized by some for two reasons. The first is that the same statue was already placed on the commemorative  silver 500 lire for the 600th anniversary of Donatello's birth. The second is that fortunately, the David has never been stolen.
 

Part 2: 500 lire commemoratives
 
 

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