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100 Lire - Victor Emmanuel III
| Issuer | Italy |
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| Year | 1910-1927 |
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| Weight | 32.2581 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing uniformed bust of King Vittorio Emanuele III, rendered in high relief with detailed military dress. Directly below the truncation, at left, appears a knotted device enclosed within a small rectangle, serving as the engraver's or mint official's mark. The king's name appears as the encircling legend in Latin lettering. |
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| Obverse lettering | VITTORIO EMANUELE III |
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Italy's 100 Lire gold coin was revived under Victor Emmanuel III after a long dormancy in large-denomination gold production, with the series beginning in 1910. Mintages were modest throughout — the 1910 date in particular was struck in very limited numbers — and the coins saw little genuine commerce, functioning more as high-value reserve instruments than pocket money.
Production effectively ceased during World War I and resumed only sporadically through 1927, when Italy's monetary pressures under the early Fascist government were redirecting metal policy entirely.