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200 Lire Carabinieri Art Squad

Issuer Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato
Year 1999
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Thickness 1.65 mm
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Obverse description Allegorical female effigy in right-facing profile, her long curly hair flowing loosely below the neck truncation. The legend REPVBBLICA ITALIANA arcs along the upper rim, with the engraver's signature M.VALLUCCI incused below the neck cut. The design is rendered in a clean, neoclassical style characteristic of Italian Republican coinage.
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Obverse lettering REPVBBLICA ITALIANA M.VALLUCCI
(Translation: Italian Republic M. Vallucci)
Reverse description Central field features the heraldic emblem of the Carabinieri — a grenade surmounted by a thirteen-pointed flame — flanked to the left by a depiction of Donatello's celebrated statue of David. The denomination L.200 and the anniversary dates 1969-1999 appear above the central device, commemorating thirty years of the Carabinieri's Cultural Heritage Protection Unit (TPC). The legend CARABINIERI TUTELA PATRIMONIO ARTISTICO arcs along the lower rim, with the mint mark R and the engraver's signature E.L.FRAPICCINI disposed along the left rim.
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