Italian lira: on-line the brand new web site for italian lira collectors and specialists

Jan. 17, 2012 - PRLog -- For all the people, collectors and specialists of numistatics, it is on line the brand new web site by Officina della Medaglia, the first Italian brand still authorized to mint original Italian lira coins.
Since January 2001 infact, the Italian lira has been replaced by Euro, the single currency of the European Community which came into circulation at that time.
In the same year, the Federal Italian Mint stopped minting the Italian currency, starting officially to recollect all the coins of banknotes in circulation since March 2002.
The passage from Italian Lira to Euro caused a radical change in the payment system in the national territory but at the same time the interest of many scholars or enthusiasts for collecting coins grew up quickly. Now a great number of people is looking for coins to collect both for a sense of belonging to the State  than for a pure instinct of collection, especially outside Italy.
Italian lira, especially those reproduced in gold and silver, have a special charm for anyone who grew up abroad maybe because previous generations have emigrated from Italy.
Moreover the interest in the Italian lira is now the case of study from a historical and artistic point of view, too. Several encyclopedias devoted to the Italian lira have been published as well as online catalogs are available on special websites dedicated to the theme, among them Officina della Medaglia. The website gives a lot of  information about the history of the Italian lira but allows also to purchase online faithful reproductions of the historical coins in gold and silver and in various sizes and formats. A complete collection of the best coins is also available in a special edition, made in the quality Proof, shiny background, in gold and silver; circulation World Wide Limited to 999 copies.
Visiti: http://www.officinadellamedaglia.it/italian_lira