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5000 Lire Last Lire Coinage
| Issuer | San Marino |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The crowned arms of San Marino displayed within a heart-shaped shield occupy the central field, flanked by decorative sprigs on either side. The national motto appears below the shield, while the full circular legend reading REPUBBLICA DI SAN MARINO LIBERTAS and the date 2001 frame the design along the periphery. The composition is rendered in a refined engraved style by Bino Bini, conveying the heraldic tradition of the Republic. |
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| Mintage | 2001 R - Proof - 20,000 |
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San Marino's lira-denominated coinage ended in 2001 with the republic's adoption of the euro, making this issue part of a deliberately final series. The tiny enclave had maintained its own coinage rights since a treaty with the Kingdom of Italy in 1862, a privilege it retained through the transition to the Italian Republic and right up to monetary union.
KM#436 was struck specifically as the curtain came down on that 139-year run of independent lira coinage.