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5 Lire - Victor Emmanuel III Trial, 'prova di stampa'
| Issuer | Zecca di Roma (Rome Mint) |
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| Year | 1926 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | VITTORIO·EMANVELE·III RE·D'ITALIA· G·ROMAGNOLI A·MOTTI·INC· (Translation: Vittorio Emanuele III King of Italy G. Romagnoli A. Motti Inc.) |
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Trial strikes — "prove di stampa" — from the Rome Mint in this period were produced in strictly limited numbers for internal approval and submission to the royal household, not for public distribution. The 1926 5 Lire denomination was part of Italy's broader currency stabilization program under Mussolini, who in 1927 would fix the lira at "Quota 90" against sterling — a revaluation that shaped the entire coinage program these trials fed into.
Pagani 228 is among the scarcer trial listings for this reign. Survivors outside institutional collections are rarely documented.