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What are mint marks
The sign of the mint, as it is easy to understand, it is that particular symbol or initials on the coin (usually small) in order to establish with certainty which workshop monetary been the architect.
The meaning of this symbol was certainly greater, having the authority to supervise the work of the different Mints, maybe also placed in different states (see the coins of Napoleon I, minted in France, Italy and the Netherlands).
Nowadays, although there is no longer need this, the initials of the brand still appears on the coins, to guarantee that theissuing authority is that of the State.
Due to the nature essentially dissemination of the work, we do not discuss much about the list of mint marks and therefore we mention only the Italian ones:
- B = Bologna;
- CL = Genoa;
- F = Florence;
- M = Milan;
- N = Naples, Italy;
- R = Rome;
- U = Turin, Italy;
- V = Venice;
- head d'aquila = Turin, italy;
- anchor = Genoa.
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