Stupid foreign coin!!! Oh, wait...

[FormerTeller]

Got a CWR of halves today at a bank I've never been to before. Opened the roll, and immediately noticed that one of the coins was a little too small to be a half. After closer examination, I saw it was an Italian Lira coin. Dang! I've gotten those before, and they've always been either aluminum or nickel. I put it aside, and looked through the rest of the halves. One '68, so at least I got some silver.

Went back to look at the Lira again, and noticed it didn't have a date. Strange...




I typed the words I could read into Google, and found:

500 Lire - Italy - Numista

83.5% silver! Man, sometimes you just never know!


HH!

 

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[Infowarrior]

Very cool!

 

[agme]

Nice silver find!
I've never seen one before.
That's for sure, you do never know what might be hiding in them rolls.

 

[sagittarius98]

Nice! I don't have any of those, but all 500 lire from Italy, the Vatican (I have two of those), and San Marino will be silver, unless it is bimetallic.

 

[Joe777Cool]

I think finding odd and interesting foreign coins is one of the coolest parts of crh! The other day I found tgis Mexican coin with the Mayan calendar on the back. one of my favorite coins!

 

[BuffaloBoy]

Sweet!. I have one in my personal collection but not from CRH. thanks for sharing.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

The title says it all...good find for a good CRHer! I'd personally take one of those over a 1964.

 

[BuffaloBoy]

I believe the date is on the edge of the coin like the presidential dollars, what year is it, can you tell?

 

[baddbluff]

Awesome find! I have some of the newer Italian silvers, but none that old. Good stuff.

 

[FormerTeller]

I believe the date is on the edge of the coin like the presidential dollars, what year is it, can you tell?

Yes, the date is indeed on the edge. Looks like 1960.

 

[jmb2email]

Yes, the date is indeed on the edge. Looks like 1960.

Grats! cool find

JMB