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20 Lire - Victor Emmanuel III Pattern
| Issuer | Italy |
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| Year | 1912 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing uniformed bust of King Vittorio Emanuele III, rendered in high relief with military dress. A small knotted device enclosed within a rectangle appears below the bust truncation at left. The king's name is inscribed in the legend encircling the portrait within the field. |
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| Reverse description | Allegorical standing figure of agricultural Italy personified as a draped woman, facing slightly left, bearing a sheaf of wheat over her left arm while resting her right hand upon a plow. The denomination '20 LIRE' is distributed in the field to the left and right of the figure. In the exergue, the engraver's and designer's names appear alongside the date 1912, flanked by the Rome mint mark 'R' and the Star of Italy. The legend 'REGNO D'ITALIA PROVA' crowns the reverse field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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