grained, Width: 27+ mm)

100 Lire (100th Birth anniv. of inventor Guglielmo Marconi)

Country:: Italy
Series:: 1946~2001 - Republic (Lira) Commemorative
Catalog codes:: iInfringe
Themes:: Engineers | Inventions | Inventors | Nobel Laureates | Radio
Issued on:: 1974
Last issue date:: 1974
Distribution:: Circulating Commemorative
Mints:: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Roma, Italy
Composition:: Acmonital
Orientation:: Coin alignment ↑O↓
Shape:: Circular
Rim:: Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
Weight:: 8 grams
Diameter:: 27.8 mm
Thickness:: 1.7 mm
Face value:: 100 ₤ - Italian lira
Known mintage:: 50,000,000
Score:: 13% Accuracy: Very High
Description:: Front: Early radio-wave receiver
between (left, period years) 1874 1974 (right, value) L.100 (Lire)
(bottom, name) GUGLIELMO MARCONI
mint mark: (below value) R (Roma Mint)
legend: none
Back: Head inventor Guglielmo Marconi
* 25 April 1874, Palazzo Marescalchi, Bologna, Italy
⚭1 (16 March 1905) Hon. Beatrice O'Brien (1882–1976,
3 daughters + 1 son, ⚮1 1924)
⚭2 (12 June 1927) Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali (1900–1994, ⚮2 1966, daughter, Maria Elettra)
† heart attack, 20 July 1937 (aged 63) Rome, Italy
Buried: state funeral, Villa Griffone at Sasso Marconi, Emilia-Romagna
legend: (state name) REPVBBLICA ITALIANA
(bottom, spacer/5-pointed star) ☆ (pointed upwards)
designer: (bottom) MONASSI (Guerrino M. Monassi)
Formerly known as: y109
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1.50 Euro (ANBO aircraft - 100 years)

Country:: Lithuania
Series:: 2015~Today - Euro (Numismatic Products)
Catalog codes:: CopyWrong
Themes:: Air Forces | Aircraft | Anniversaries and Jubilees | Engineers
Issued on:: 2025-12-02
Last issue date:: 2025-12-02
Distribution:: Numismatic Product
Mints:: Lithuanian Mint (UAB), Vilnius, Lithuania
Composition:: Copper-Nickel
Orientation:: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Shape:: Circular
Rim:: Raised. With incuse legend. Both sides
Weight:: 11.1 grams
Diameter:: 27.5 mm
Thickness:: 2.2 mm
Face value:: 1.50 € - Euro
Known mintage:: 20,000
Score:: 14% Accuracy: Low
Related items:: 1 (See)
Description:: Obverse: Two models of ANBO aircraft with the double cross; the year of issue on the left 2025, face value on the right 1,50 € (1,50 Euro). The issuing country ↻ on the upper left LIETUVA (Lithuania), mintmark at left ʟMㅈ (Lithuanian Mint), the names of the aircraft, at top ANBO I and on the lower left ANBO VIII.
Designer: Tomas Dragūnas

Reverse: On the right, a portrait of the aeronautical engineer Antanas Gustaitis, who laid the foundations of aviation in Lithuania, below, in the center, an ANBO aircraft; the anniversary logo on the left in two lines ANBO LÉKTUVAMS – 𝄓 100 METŲ (ANBO aircraft 100 years old). Subject ⤵ at right ANTANAS GUSTAITIS, the name of the aircraft ⤻ at bottom right ANBO IV.
Designer: Tomas Dragūnas

Edge: G - grained
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