Italy Kingdom 5 Centesimi 1918 R Rome Vittorio Emanuele III - Italia su prora - copper - Canonica Giorgi - KM 42 EF

Kingdom of Italy, 5 Centesimi, 1918, Rome mint, mint letter R, king Vittorio Emanuele III, copper.

Obverse: half bust of the king in uniform facing left. Legend VITTORIO·EMANVELE·III·RE·D'ITALIA.

Reverse: a female figure representing Italy stands on the prow of a ship and holds an olive branch in her right hand. On the left CENT. 5, on the right the date 1918. The mint letter R is incuse in the prow, and on the side of the ship stand the signatures P.CANONICA M. and L.GIORGI I.

References: KM 42, Numista N 2741.

Vittorio Emanuele III was king of Italy from 1900 to 1946. The type with Italy on the prow of a ship was struck at Rome from 1908 to 1918. The design is by the sculptor Pietro Canonica and the dies were cut by Luigi Giorgi, which is why both names appear on the side of the ship, M for the modeller and I for the engraver. For 1918 Numista records a mintage of 4.242.000 pieces. On the 1908 issue the mint letter stands in relief on the prow, on all later years it is incuse, as it is here. The type came to an end with 1918, because from 1919 a new five centesimi appeared with an ear of wheat by Attilio Motti. That makes 1918 both the last year of the type and the last year of the First World War.

A piece of Italian coin art from everyday life in 1918.

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