The time has come to look everywhere! Ask parents, uncles and grandparents if they still have rare coins like this lira somewhere
But first we have to go back a few years … precisely 1472 when for the first time the lira it was coined in Italy by the Republic of Venice. Only later, however, under the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy did it become the official currency according to a bimetallic decimal system, where two “standard” coins circulated: one gold and one silver.
Obviously, as we all know, the lira lost its value and was definitively ousted in January 1, 2002from the entry into force of euro coins and banknotes.
Check if you have this old lira too!
In fact, for this very reason today, several rare coins such as some pieces of the old lira, can be worth a fortune!
For all fans of numismatics (a discipline that studies the coin in all its aspects and not only, also the various relationships with culture, art and the economy) in particular this coin could come at a cost even of 50.000 euro.
This happens because many times one of the characteristics that causes the price to rise exaggeratedly is the writing “trial”On one of the two sides of the coin. In fact, when the State Mint mintes the coins, some pieces are created exactly for the purpose of being “proofs” but it can happen that they are put into circulation by mistake and immediately therefore acquire a truly incredible value.
Specifically we are talking about a 1946 Lira which, as we said before, today could reach very high figures, at least 50 thousand euros as some experts declare that if fewer and fewer pieces were to be found around, the cost would increase rapidly.
The 5 Lire grapes
We are talking about the 5 Lire grapes, spread around the forties, where on one side we can clearly see the word “test”. Precisely for this reason, for the greatest collectors, it is a piece of great value.
So what are you waiting for? Run to rummage through drawers, cupboards, cupboards or maybe ask someone you know if they still have coins of this type.
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