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Coins
Reference:5158 Monetary Union: Projected Gold Coinage, 1928
Head and upper body of man facing right, a torch held in raised hand. MENS . AGITAT . MOLEM . FEDVS . CONTIVM. / Naked figure of a woman kneeling, unifying branches in one bundle; the date of 1928 below. VNIO . MONET . QVAE . AD. NATIONVM; in field, to left, 10 AVRVMGRAM. Edge milled.
27 mm. (10 grammes).
By G. Ferrari.
Condition: Extremely fine
Notes:
Little can be found concerning this attempt at a monetary union in 1928 and there appears to be no bibliographic record of this projected coinage, nor have any other examples been noted.