San Marino, 10 Centesimi 1893

[capnbirdseye]

San Marino, 10 Centesimi 1893, KM2, a mintage of just 150,000

I think this is a lovely design on one side but rather plain on the other

[chrisild]

Interestingly the corresponding 5 centesimi coin does not have such a plain reverse. The 5c has a wreath like many older coins, while the 10c piece has the fasces. The CoA with the towers and the ostrich feathers is several centuries old and can still be found on today's coins from San Marino ...

Christian

[Figleaf]

GORI, LUIGI (Ital.). Medallist, born at Florence, in 1838, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. Besides engraving dies for coins, such as the 10 Centesimi of San Marino, 1875 this artist produced numerous medals on commission for governments as well as private persons.

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Gori engraved the coins of the Provisional Government of Florence, during the Revolution of 1859.

From: BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF MEDALLISTS, by L. Forrer, London 1904.

Peter

[capnbirdseye]

Above the letter R is an axe which looks like a plaque of some kind added over it as if it was intended to be engraved ?

[Figleaf]

A fasces. See reply 1.

Peter

[capnbirdseye]

A fasces. See reply 1.

Peter

I must admit I didn't realise what a Fasces was but I do now