1940 AD., Italy, Mussolini´s dictatorship, Vittorio Emanuele III as king, Rome mint, 20 Centesimi, KM 75b.

Italy, Mussolini´s dictatorship, Vittorio Emanuele III as king, engraver: Giuseppe Romagnoli, Rome mint , 1940 AD.,
20 Centesimi (ø 22 mm / 4,05 g), stainless steel (“Acmonital“. magnetic, ferritic), 4,00 g theor. mint weight, mintage 35.350.000 , axes coin alignment ↑↓ (180°), reeded edge,
Obv.: VITT·EM·III· RE·E·IMP· / G.ROMAGNOLI , head of Vittorio Emanuele III facing left, engraver´s name below neck.
Rev.: ITALIA / R - XVIII – C. 20 - 1940 , head of Italy facing right, fasces before, adorned with the Savoy shield and with an axe at left.
KM 75b .

Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
1939 R 25,300,000 XVIII; Shares mintage with 1939 XVIII KM# 75a
1939 R 10,463,000 XVII; Shares mintage with 1939 XVII KM# 75a
1940 R 35.350.000 XVIII; Shares mintage with 1940 XVIII KM# 75a
1941 R 97,300,000 XIX
1942 R 99,900,000 XX
1943 R 57,003,000 XXI

In 1943 also 2.000.000 pieces minted at Aosta mint but are indistinguishable from those minted at Rome.