The last mint to operate was in fact the Mint of Milan, which ceased its production in 1892 when it was decided to centralize the production of coins and entrust this activity to a single State Mint located in the capital. It is important to underline that, for the realization and the production of the coins, different mints located in the main Italian cities were used. In fact, 1861 is the year in which the famous Unity of Italy dates back to, with which an attempt was made to give a first national currency to Italy itself.Īt that time in the Kingdom of Sardinia was already in use the “Lira” which was then used for other regions now unified under a single flag. The history of Italian numismatics can be divided basically into 3 specific periods. Italian euro coins collection Introduction to Italian Coins In this pages we will deal with the Italian Euro Coins and as usual we will see not only the specifications of the different Euro coins from Italy, but also their rarity and their value.
