- Description
- Specifications
| ID Number: | DB01-0230 |
| Description: | 10 Centesimi |
| Country or State: | Kingdom of Italy (17 March 1861 - 18 June 1946) |
| Year: | 1940, Yr. XVIII |
| 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: | Bare head of King Vittorio Emanuele III facing left |
| Obverse Legend: | · VITT · EM · III · RE · E · IMP · |
| Reverse: | Crowned Savoy Arms superimposed on a fasces flanked on the right with an axe. The fasces have an ear of wheat on the left and oak leaves flanking on the right. The value is divided at the base on the fasces, with the date an the mintmark on the left and the date in the fascist era to the right. Name of the engraver below. |
| Reverse Legend: | ITALIA, R, C. 10, 1938 XVI, G.ROMAGNOLI |
| Edge: | Plain |
| Designer: | Giuseppe Romagnoli |
| Engraver: | Pietro Giampaoli |
| Note: | Type II, Yr. XVIII |
| Orientation: | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Mint Mark: | R (Rome) |
| Composition: | Bronzital (Ba) |
| Diameter: | 22.5 mm |
| Thickness: | 2.0 mm |
| Weight: | 4.9 grams |
| Mintage: | 23,355,000 |
| Catalog Number: | KM# 74a, G# 252 |
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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. |