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1 Marengo Isola D´Elba
| Issuer | Italy |
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| Year | 1971-1998 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a detailed cartographic depiction of the Island of Elba, with place names and topographical notations rendered in a historical map style, including Latin inscriptions referencing iron ore deposits and magnetic minerals. A sailing vessel appears at lower right, flanking the map. The denomination numeral '1' is prominently displayed at lower center, with the legend 'MARENGO' inscribed below. The peripheral legend 'ISOLA D'ELBA' is distributed around the outer edge of the field in large spaced capital letters. |
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| Obverse lettering | ISOLA D'ELBA 1 MARENGO |
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The Marengo d'Elba is a privately issued fantasy piece, produced by the Elban tourism industry rather than any Italian monetary authority. It takes its name from the Napoleonic gold marengo — a coin struck to commemorate the Battle of Marengo in 1800 — but has no monetary validity and no connection to official Italian coinage. The long production run from the 1970s through the late 1990s was driven entirely by souvenir demand from visitors to Elba, Napoleon's first place of exile.