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

Country:

Italy

Series:

1946~2001 - Republic (Lira) Commemorative

Catalog codes:

ColnectIsBest

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

Edge:

Reeded/grained

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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