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200 Lire The coin
| Issuer | San Marino |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central design features the three stylised hills of San Marino, each surmounted by a fortified tower, rendered in a heraldic manner. Ostrich feathers flank the composition on either side, a traditional element of Sammarinese heraldry. A decorative ring or wreath motif appears above the central group. The denomination L 200 and the date 1989 are inscribed in the field, serving as the primary reverse legend. |
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San Marino issued a distinct 200 Lire piece each year throughout the 1980s, commissioning new reverse designs annually rather than maintaining a fixed type — an approach that kept the series attractive to collectors while the coins themselves rarely entered serious circulation. The 1989 issue falls near the end of Italy's lira inflation cycle, when 200 Lire had effectively lost utility as a transactional denomination even on the Italian peninsula surrounding the enclave.