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NEW BOOK: CORPUS LUIGINORUMEditions Victor Gadoury of Monaco has published a new book by Maurice Cammarano on the luigini coinage. -Editor
Description in French: "Le Corpus Luiginorum est l'ouvrage de Maurice Cammarano un grand collectionneur de luigini. Ce livre en italien de 240 pages, illustré par de nombreuses photographies en couleur de monnaies et de détails, mais aussi de dessins, d'archives, de notes historique à propos des monnaies et d'arbres généalogiques, est incontournable pour tout collectionneur de Luigini. Il y trouvera toutes les villes ayant frappé ce type de monnaies ainsi que les différentes variétés de pièces." Google translation to English "The Corpus Luiginorum is the work of Maurice Cammarano, a great collector of luigini. This 240-page Italian book, illustrated with numerous color photographs of coins and details, as well as drawings, archives, historical notes on coins and family trees, is a must for any Luigini collector. . He will find there all the cities having struck this type of currencies as well as the various varieties of coins."     For more information, or to order, see:
We discussed modern versions of luigini coins in 2016 with excerpts from articles in the Wall Street Journal and World Coin News. I pieced together this summary, but see the complete article online in our E-Sylum archive. -Editor "The Seborga Mint actually dates to 1666 when gold and silver luigini denominated coins were struck by Prince-Abbot Edward. In more recent history, coins were issued between 1995 and perhaps 1996 "Seborga is a principality landlocked inside Italy that unlike San Marino and Vatican City, is often overlooked by coin collectors. "According to the January issue of Hemispheres magazine, "You can also try to dig up a few rare luigini, the local currency, to pay for your expresso. (Stores in town accept luigini alongside the euro, but because 1 luigino equals 4.285 euros, making change can be a complicated procedure.)" To read the complete article, see:
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