- Description
- Specifications
| ID Number: | DB01-0150 |
| Description: | 5 Centesimi |
| Country or State: | Kingdom of Italy (17 March 1861 - 18 June 1946) |
| Year: | 1939, Yr. XVII, Type 1 |
| 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 |
| Obverse: | Bare head of King Vittorio Emanuele III facing right |
| Obverse Legend: | VITT·EM· | III·RE·E·IMP· |
| Reverse: | Eagle in profile, with outstretched wings and head right has fasces with axe in its claws. Below the fasces the crowned Shield of Savoia divides value at sides, with date and mintmark far to the left and the date in the fascist era to the right. Name of the engraver below |
| Reverse Legend: | ITALIA, 1938, R, XVI, C. 5, G. ROMAGNOLI |
| Designer: | Giuseppe Romagnoli |
| Engraver: | Pietro Giampaoli |
| Edge: | Plain |
| Mint Mark: | R (Rome) |
| Orientation: | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Composition: | Copper 95.0% (Cu) |
| Diameter: | 19.50 mm |
| Thickness: | 1.56 mm |
| Weight: | 3.25 grams |
| Mintage: | 22,000,000 |
| Catalog Number: | KM# 73; Gigante: 287, Pagani: 921 |
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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. |