Commemorative issue
FAO - International Women's Year
Obverse
Maria Montessori's bust facing slightly to the right. Engraver's name below.
Lettering:
REPUBBLICA ITALIANA
GIANDOMENICO
Translation:
Italian Republic
Giandomenico
Reverse:
Seated woman reading a book on her knee, with a child standing at her back and a spade below her legs (symbols of women of culture and work but also of maternity). On the right, is an indication of the value on two lines, and the mintmark. The date is on the left. In the background depiction of meridians and parallels symbolize the world.
Lettering:
VALORIZZAZIONE DELLA DONNA
LIRE 200
1980 R
FAO
Translation:
VALORIZATION OF WOMAN
200 Lire
1980 R
FAO
Specification:
- Issuer Italy
- Period Republic (1946-date)
- Type Circulating commemorative coin
- Year 1980
- Value 200 Lire (200 ITL)
- Currency Lira (1861-2001)
- Composition Aluminium-bronze
- Weight 5 g
- Diameter 24 mm
- Thickness 1.65 mm
- Shape Round
What's in the box
1 x Coin
