| Issuer | Italy |
| Year | 1939-1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 50 Centesimi (0.50 ITL) |
| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
| Composition | Acmonital (ferritic) |
| Weight | 6 g |
| Dimensions | 24.1 mm |
| Thickness | 1.97 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Giuseppe Romagnoli Reverse: Pietro Giampaoli |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#76b, Schön#77b |
| Obverse description | Head of King Vittorio Emanuele III facing right and the name of the engraver below the neck |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | VITT·EMAN·III·RE·E·IMP ·
G.ROMAGNOLI (Translation: Vittorio Emanuele III King and Emperor (of Italy) G. Romagnoli) |
| Reverse description | Side view of an eagle with raised wings holding a fasces with an axe in its claws, date and year of Fascist Era on the left, near the tail. Below the fasces, in exergue, the Savoy shield divides the value and mintmark at sides. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | ITALIA
1941
XIX
R
C. 50 (Translation: Italy 1941 XIX R 50 Centesimi) |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | R Rome, Italy (476-date) |
| Mintage | 1939 R - XVII; Shares mintage with 1939 XVII KM#76a - 9 372 000 1939 R - XVIII; Shares mintage with 1939 XVIII KM#76a - 10 005 000 1940 R - XVIII; Shares mintage with 1940 XVIII KM#76a - 19 005 000 1941 R - XIX - 58 100 000 1942 R - XX - 26 450 000 1943 R - XXI - 3 681 000 |
| Catalog ID | 7734819790 |
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