Italian gold coins of 20 lira from the second half of the 19th century, known as "Marengi" have the figure of Vittorio Emanuele II stamped on it. Coins were forged in the period between 1861 and 1878.
The next monarch who had that honor to be featured on the Italian gold coins was King Umberto I. His image was on the coins of 20 lira too. Gold coins with his image were forged between 1878 and 1897.
When the new century came, si did the new figure for the Italian gold coins with the new-old name Vittorio Emanuele III. First edition was minted 1902, after that the coins were minting every few years until the proclamation of the Italian republic. Coins issued from 1926 and 1927 have great numismatic value today, since they are issued in only few dozen copies.
On the back side of the coin there is the coat of arms of Italy on the shield with the royal crown on top surrounded by laurel wreath. Around the coat of arms text is printed: REGNO D’ITALIA, and nominal value L20 (20 lira).
Weight of the coin is 6.45 gr, in diameter it has 21.5mm and thickness is 1.25mm. The fineness of gold is 900, therefore it contains 5.8 gr of pure gold.
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