Italy 50-CENTESIMI (KM76b)

Eagle

The republican eagle is clutching a fasces, which is a bundle of birch rods tied together as a cylinder around an ax. The term fascism descends from this term, and in fact the symbol on this coin was widely used in Fascist Italy.


Diameter
24 mm
Composition
Stainless Steel
Catalogue #
KM76b
Obverse Legend
VITT EMAN III RE E IMP
Reverse Legend
ITALIA C. 50

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