Italy Lira - I

100 Lira, 1977
Weight: 8 gm
Metal: stainless steel
Diameter: 27.8mm

200 Lire, Genova stamps convention 1992

This one was released on the occasion of the 1992 Genova stamps convention.

200 Lire, 1979

Weight: 5gm
Metal: Aluminium-Bronze
Diameter: 24mm
Reverse: Value within gear

500 Lire, 1984

Do you think that this one is another run-of-the-mill coin? Not many would know I think, but this is the first bimetallic coin to be widely used in circulation. The cost of making a bimetallic coin is higher than a normal coin, so mostly only the higher value coins are bimetals. The Reverse shows the Plaza Di San Marco.

Plaza Di San Marco, Venice