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Show A New Italian Cola. A dollar is to be struck in Italy, largei in size and greater in value than the j familiar five lire piece. The old Marie j Therese is to be the model. Even in coins, t and even in Italy, they seem to be going back to the old patterns. The Marie , Therese thaler is not now so unusual as I it used to be. There is a tendency in , coins to locate themselves. To this day the forty franc pieces of the First No.- poleon, rare in the north of France andj not often met in FariB, are in free circulation circu-lation on the Rivera. The new coin will, of course, havo on the reverse the fa-1 miliar effigy of King Humbert and be I surrounded by an inscription setting I forth the Italian sovereignty over its! African possessions. American Banker. I |