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20 Centesimi - Victor Emmanuel III magnetic, smooth edge
| Issuer | Italy |
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| Year | 1939-1942 |
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| In circulation to | 1946 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1939 R - XVII - 1940 R - XVIII - 1942 R - XX - |
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Italy's shift to Acmonital — a ferritic stainless steel alloy developed domestically — was driven by wartime autarky policy, the same economic nationalism that pushed Mussolini's regime to substitute nickel and then ultimately non-strategic metals across the coinage system. By 1939, nickel was too valuable to mint. The magnetic property of this issue distinguishes it cleanly from the otherwise identical non-magnetic aluminum-bronze predecessor, a detail that trips up casual collectors more often than it should.