2 Lira Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ...

1917, Italy, Victor Emanuel III. Beautiful Silver 2 Lire Coin.

Mint Place: Rome
Denomination: 2 Lire
Mint Year: 1917 - Key Date!
Reference: KM-55

Material: Silver (.835)
Diameter: 27mm
Weight: 9.97gm

Obverse: Uniformed bust of Victor Emanuel III right.
Legend: . VITTORIO . EMANUELLE . III . RE . D’ITALIA .
Exergue: D. CALANDRA .

Reverse: Italia (personification of Italy) on standing inscribed (FERT) quadriga, wearing helment and holding shield and olive branch.
Comment: Behind her a throne and palm branches. Engraver´s and maker´s signatures (D.CALANDRA.M / MOTTI . INC) below.
Legend: 1917 (R – mint inital of Rome) L.2 (*)

Victor Emmanuel III (11 November 1869, Naples, Campania – 28 December 1947) was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy (29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946). In addition, he claimed the crowns of Ethiopia and Albania and claimed the titles Emperor of Ethiopia (1936–41) and King of Albania (1939–43) which were unrecognised by the great powers in 1937 and 1939, respectively. During his long reign, Victor Emmanuel III saw two world wars and the birth, rise, and fall of Fascism in the Kingdom of Italy.

He has been seldom treated sympathetically by historians. His almost forced abdication on the eve of a referendum on the future of the Italian monarchy achieved nothing — being too little, far too late. At worst, it reminded undecided voters of the role the monarchy and the King’s own actions (or inactions) had played during the Fascist period, at precisely the moment when monarchists were hoping that voters would focus on the positive impression created by Crown Prince Umberto and Princess Maria José as the de facto king and queen of Italy since 1944. The ‘May’ King and Queen, Umberto and Maria José, in their brief, month-long reign, were unable to shift the burden of recent history and opinion. (Some present-day historians have speculated that, had Victor Emmanuel abdicated in favour of Umberto shortly after the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943, Umberto’s relative popularity might have saved the monarchy.)

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Posted by: anonymous  2018-01-31
CoinWorldTV 1914, Kingdom of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III. Silver 2 Lire Coin. Cleaned VF+ Mint Year: 1914 Mint Place: Rome Reference: KM-55. Denomination: 2 Lire Condition: Edge-hits, lightly cleaned, otherwise VF+ Material: Silver (.835) Diameter: 27mm Weight: 9.92gm Obverse: Unif ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2018-01-31
CoinWorldTV 1916, Kingdom of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III. Silver 2 Lire Coin. VF/VF+ Mint Year: 1916 Mint Place: Rome Denomination: 2 Lire Reference: KM-55. R! Condition: Minor deposits, otherwise VF/VF+ Material: Silver (.835) Diameter: 27mm Weight: 9.95gm Obverse: Uniformed bus ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2017-05-01
CoinWorldTV 1914, Italy, Victor Emmanuel III. Certified Silver 2 Lire Coin. PCGS UNC+ Mint Year: 1916 Mint Place: Rome Denomination: 2 Lire Reference: KM-55. R! Condition: Certified and graded by PCGS as UNC (Details: Cleaning!) Material: Silver (.835) Diameter: 27mm Weight: 10gm ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2016-12-30
CoinWorldTV 1916, Kingdom of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III. Nice Silver 2 Lire Coin. aXF! Mint Year: 1916 Mint Place: Rome Denomination: 2 Lire Condition: About XF! Reference: KM-55. R! Material: Silver (.835) Diameter: 27mm Weight: 9.97gm Obverse: Uniformed bust of Victor Emmanu ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2016-08-25
CoinWorldTV 1916, Kingdom of Italy, Victor Emanuel III. Nice Silver 2 Lire Coin. VF+ Condition: VF+ Mint Year: 1916 Mint Place: Rome Denomination: 2 Lire Reference: KM-55. R! Material: Silver (.835) Weight: 10.03gm Diameter: 27mm Obverse: Uniformed bust of Victor Emanuel III ri ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-11-27
Italien-Königreich, Vittorio Emanuele III. 2 Lire 1917. K.M. 55, Pagani 740. Schöne Patina. Winziger Randfehler, fast Stempelglanz
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