Half bust of King Vittorio Emanuele III facing left
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE D`ITALIA (Translation: Vittorio Emanuele III King of Italy)
Reverse description
Female figure representing Italy standing tall on a prow of a ship, with a branch of olive in her right hand. Value and date are above, the mintmark is on the prow while initials of author and engraver are incused in the side of the ship. NOTE: all the coins have the mintmark in relief on the prow, except for the coin dated 1910 where is incused.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
CENT. 1 1918
R
P.C.M.
L.G.I.
Edge
Smooth
Mint
R Rome, Italy (476-date)
Mintage
1908 R - - 56 860 1909 R - - 3 539 000 1910 R - date with points; `R` carved - 1910 R - date without points - 3 598 560 1911 R - date with points; `R` carved - 1911 R - date without points - 700 000 1912 R - - 3 995 000 1913 R - - 3 200 000 1914 R - - 11 585 000 1915 R - - 9 757 440 1916 R - - 9 845 000 1916 R - smaller date letters - 1917 R - - 2 400 000 1918 R - - 2 710 000