Half bust of King Vittorio Emanuele III facing left
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
VITTORIO·EMANUELE·III·RE·D`ITALIA (Translation: Vittorio Emanuele III King of Italy)
Reverse description
Female figure representing Italy standing tall on a prow of a ship, with a branch of olive in her right hand and the date to the right of the value above, and the mintmark on the prow while the names of author and engraver on the side of the ship.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
CENT. 5
1913
R
P.CANONICA M.
L.GIORGI I. (Translation: 5 Cenesimi 1913 R P. Canonica M. L. Giorgi I.)
Edge
Smooth
Mint
R Rome, Italy (476-date)
Mintage
1908 R - without dot after `D` - 824 390 1909 R - without dot after `D`; signature embossed - 1 733 610 1912 R - dot after `D` - 743 000 1913 R - dot after `D`; see comments - 1 964 066 1913 R - without dot after `D`; see comments - 1915 R - without dot after `D` - 1 038 000 1918 R - without dot after `D` - 4 242 000