| Issuer | Italy |
| Year | 1939-1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 20 Centesimi (0.20 ITL) |
| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
| Composition | Acmonital (ferritic) |
| Weight | 4 g |
| Dimensions | 21.7 mm |
| Thickness | 1.65 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Giuseppe Romagnoli |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#75b, Schön#76b |
| Obverse description | Head of King Vittorio Emanuele III facing left and the name of the engraver below the neck |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | VITT·EM·III· RE·E·IMP·
G.ROMAGNOLI (Translation: Vittorio Emanuele III King and Emperor (of Italy) G. Romagnoli) |
| Reverse description | Head of a woman facing right (representing Italy) behind a fasces placed at left, in front of her hairs, and adorned with the Savoy shield and with an axe at its left. Value below between the date at right and the mintmark plus the year of Fascist Era on the left. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | ITALIA
R
XXI 1943
C.20 (Translation: Italy R XXI 1943 20 Centesimi) |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Aosta, Italy R (excluding 1943) Rome, Italy (476-date) |
| Mintage | 1939 R - XVII - 10 463 000 1939 R - XVIII - 25 300 000 1940 R - XVIII - 35 350 000 1941 R - XIX - 97 300 000 1942 R - XX - 99 900 000 1943 R - XXI (2,053,000 minted at Aosta, rest minted at Rome) - 57 003 000 |
| Catalog ID | 8767790470 |
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