Coin Cufflinks – Italy,Telephone Token- Gettone Telefonico Coin Cufflink, 5th year, fiftieth year, gift for husband, gift for boyfriend,

Italy Telephone Token- Gettone TelefonicoCoin Cufflink

About the Design:

Obverse
One gap. The number under “TELEFONICO” indicates the year and month of coinage, with the first two digits giving the year, and the second two digits giving the month. The token shown above, “7502” was minted in the 2nd month of 1975.
The symbol above “GETTONE” is a mintmark, consisting of 2-3 letters in a recessed shape. Four mintmarks were used, and some dates are known with multiple mintmarks, as well as many dates lacking a mintmark.
NOTE: mintmark IPM looks like “UDM”:

Mintmarks:
E.S.M. (Emilio Senesi Medaglie) – Milano
I.P.M. (Industria Politecnica Meridionale) – Arzano (NA)
U.T. (Urmet Costruzioni Elettrotelefoniche) – Torino
C.M.M. (Costruzioni Minuterie Metalliche) – Sant’Agata li Battiati (CT)

Lettering:
IPM
GETTONE
TELEFONICO
7907

Translation: Telephone Token

Reverse
Telephone.

Comments
The number under “TELEFONICO” indicates the year and month of coinage, with the first two digits giving the year, and the second two digits giving the month. The token shown above, “7905” was minted in the 5th month of 1979.

The symbol above “GETTONE” is a mintmark, consisting of 2-3 letters in a recessed shape. Four mintmarks were used, and some dates are known with multiple mintmarks, as well as many dates lacking a mintmark and date.

Metal Acmonital
Weight6 g
Diameter24.1 mm
Thickness1.97 mm
ShapeRound

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