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| Kingdom of Italy 5 Lire Silver coin, King Umberto I |
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| Kingdom of Italy 5 Lire Silver coin |
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Obverse: Bust of Umberto I right.
Legend: UMBERTO I DE D`ITALIA 1879
Reverse: Crowned arms of the House of Savoy (Italian Royalty), flanked by value. All within wreath.
Legend: L-5 / R (Rome mint letter, in lower right corner)
Mint Place: Rome
Reference: CNI 3, Montenegro 33, Davenport 141, Pagani 590, KM-20.
Diameter: 37 mm; Weight: 24.8 gram of Silver (.900)
Umberto I of Italy
Umberto I or Humbert I (Italian: Umberto Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoia, English: Humbert Ranier Charles Emmanuel John Mary Ferdinand Eugene of Savoy; 14 March 1844 – 29 July 1900), nicknamed the Good (in Italian il Buono), was the King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his death.Umberto's reign saw Italy attempt colonial expansion into the Horn of Africa, successfully gaining Eritrea and Somalia despite being defeated by Abyssinia at the Battle of Adowa in 1896. In 1882, he approved the Triple Alliance with the German Empire and Austria-Hungary.
He was deeply loathed in leftist circles, because of his conservatism and support of the Bava-Beccaris massacre in Milan. He was especially hated by anarchists, who attempted an assassination on him during the first year of his reign. Umberto I was killed by the Italo-American anarchist Gaetano Bresci in Monza 29 July 1900.