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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).
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.
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.
