- Description
- Specifications
| ID Number: | DB01-0235 |
| Description: | 1 Centesimo |
| Country or State: | Kingdom of Italy |
| Year: | 1915 |
| Head of State/Ruler: | Vittorio Emanuele III (Full Name: Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro di Savoia) |
| Reign: | 29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946 (45 years, 284 days) |
| Currency: | Lira (1861-2001) |
| Obverse: | Half bust of King Vittorio Emanuele III facing left |
| Obverse Legend: | VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE D'ITALIA |
| Reverse: | Female figure representing Italy standing tall on a prow of a ship, with a branch of olive in her right hand. Value and date are above, the mintmark is on the prow while initials of author and engraver are incused in the side of the ship |
| Reverse Legend: | CENT. 1 1918, R, P.C.M., L.G.I. |
| Edge: | Plain |
| Designer: | Luigi Giorgi |
| Orientation: | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Mint Mark: | R (Rome) |
| Composition: | Copper (Cu) 96% |
| Diameter: | 15.0 mm |
| Thickness: | 0.78 mm |
| Weight: | 1.0 gram |
| Mintage: | 9,757,000 |
| Catalog Number: | KM# 40, Gigante: 319, Pagani: 952 |
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Victor Emmanuel III was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy. In addition, he claimed the thrones of Ethiopia and Albania as Emperor of Ethiopia and King of the Albanians, which were unrecognised by the Great Powers. During his long reign, the Kingdom of Italy became involved in two World Wars. His reign also encompassed the birth, rise, and fall of Italian Fascism. |