San Marino 1000 Lire (2001), KM# 430

[Bimat]

Along with the Portuguese BU set, I also received this nice coin from San Marino. Like the earlier issues, this coin too has a very different design. Can someone tell me what is the theme of this particular coin?

The coin is sealed in some kind of plastic (I believe that it's a private packaging), so scanning was difficult..

San Marino 1000 Lire (2001), Bimetallic, 8.8g, 27mm, KM# 430.

Obverse:



Reverse:



Aditya

[Figleaf]

According to the issuing agency, the theme of the 2001 set (the last set in lira) was 1700 years since the foundation (sic!) of the republic. From there on, you are on your own...

Peter

[chrisild]

The coin even says so.   Below the "2001" date you see "1700 d.F.R." which means 1700 years since the foundation of the Republic. (By the way, you see that kind of date in legal documents from San Marino as well, e.g. "Dato dalla Nostra Residenza, addì 20 marzo 2012/1711 d.F.R." ...)

Christian

[Bimat]

Thank you Peter and Christian!

Most of the pre euro SM coins are easy to find, even those silver 500 and 1000 Lire coins are quite easily available. May be there's a limited market for these or may be just the craze for Euro coins...

Aditya

[andyg]

... Some of the later ones are quite expensive - they seem to have only been issued in sets.

[Bimat]

... Some of the later ones are quite expensive - they seem to have only been issued in sets.

Yup I should have mentioned that...Issues just prior to introduction of euro are expensive if I remember correctly.

Aditya

[chrisild]

Guess that applies to all three "euro-but-not-EU" countries. Before the euro cash came, it was primarily collectors in those countries (and in the countries that they had monetary agreements with) who were interested. The common currency changed that, but of course not with regard to the older coins ...

Christian