This coin was never actually released into circulation. Produced speculatively in 1945 as Italy navigated the immediate postwar collapse of its monetary system, the bronze-nickel 100 lire was struck in extremely limited numbers and ultimately not adopted — the Allies' AMlire occupation currency and subsequent monetary reforms made a large-denomination base-metal coin politically and economically untenable at that moment. Most known examples are considered presentation or pattern pieces rather than circulating issues.
This coin was never actually released into circulation. Produced speculatively in 1945 as Italy navigated the immediate postwar collapse of its monetary system, the bronze-nickel 100 lire was struck in extremely limited numbers and ultimately not adopted — the Allies' AMlire occupation currency and subsequent monetary reforms made a large-denomination base-metal coin politically and economically untenable at that moment. Most known examples are considered presentation or pattern pieces rather than circulating issues.