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100 000 Lire Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi
| Issuer | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Value | 100 000 Lire (100 000 ITL) |
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| Obverse description | Frontal architectural view of the Upper Church of the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, rendered in fine relief detail. The facade displays the characteristic Romanesque-Gothic styling of the structure, with its portal and decorative elements faithfully represented. The legend REPUBBLICA ITALIANA arcs around the design, affirming the issuing authority. The engraver's signature R. MAURI appears in the lower right portion of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBBLICA ITALIANA R. MAURI (Translation: Italian Republic) |
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Issued as part of Italy's long-running series of commemorative gold lire struck in the years immediately before euro adoption, this piece marks the reconstruction of the Basilica of San Francesco following the devastating Umbrian earthquakes of September 1997. The quakes killed eleven people inside the basilica itself — four of them working to document damage from an earlier tremor that same morning — and brought down a significant portion of the nave's medieval ceiling frescoes, including sections attributed to Cimabue.
Restoration was completed with unusual speed, the basilica reopening in November 1999. This coin was struck the same year.